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Investigating the social and political clout of America's super-wealthy

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    What could the US afford if it raised billionaires' taxes? We do the math

  • Lawrence Benenson, in his office where he is a principal of the Benenson Capital Company, a New York real-estate firm.

    'Traitors to their class': meet the super rich who want to be taxed more

  • Angel Lopez, Utah State University Marketing graduate, was a participant in the USU Koch Scholarship program and is photographed on Wed., May 1, 2019 in Salt Lake City. The Koch brothers are funding a new business school think thank at USU as part of a plan to inject universities with libertarian thinking.

    Charles Koch gave $25m to our university. Has it become a rightwing mouthpiece?

    We are student journalists at Utah State University. Our investigation found an effort to inject universities with conservative thinking
  • Abigail Disney<br>New York, NY: Abigail Disney in her office at Fork Films.

    Disney heir on CEO's $66m pay: 'No one on the freaking planet is worth that'

    Abigail Disney condemns family firm for spouting ‘neoliberal claptrap’ and derides Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: ‘It is possible to say no to money’
  • Typical Victorian houses in San Francisco, California, United States of America, North America<br>CPDH3Y Typical Victorian houses in San Francisco, California, United States of America, North America

    House-hunting in Silicon Valley: tech's newly rich fuel a spectacle of excess

    As flamenco dancers and baristas help show off multimillion-dollar homes, there is no longer room for the middle class
  • A view of the landscape of Powder Mountain on Saturday, February 10, 2018, in Eden, Utah.

    Limos, mansions and millennials: how wealth transformed a quiet mountain

    Utah’s Powder Mountain has seen an influx of monied entrepreneurs, but longtime residents fear something special is being lost
  • Gavin de Becker speaks at a memorial for Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher.

    'Bodyguard to the stars': the man helping Jeff Bezos fight the Enquirer

    Gavin de Becker has spent decades protecting the rich and famous. Now he’s helping the Amazon CEO take on a tabloid
  • Wealthy individuals’ political inclinations may seem like relatively harmless self-interest, until you consider the power they have to realize their ambitions.

    'Aristocrats are anarchists': why the wealthy back Trump and Brexit

    Brooke Harrington
    Nationalism has been sold as ‘a war for the little guy’ but Brooke Harrington argues that it serves the interests of elites
  • In the none-to-distant future, US soldiers may rely on Amazon-run systems to trade intelligence, relay orders and call for help.

    From books to bullets: inside Amazon's push to 'defend' America

    Jeff Bezos’s company hosts top secret CIA data and powers the US immigration case management system. Now it’s poised to take on a $10bn Pentagon project
  • Residential buildings Central Park Tower and 220 Central Park South rise above Columbus Circle.

    America's most expensive home sells for $238m to hedge fund boss

    Penthouse at 220 Central Park South is 34 times bigger than average Manhattan apartment: ‘Hope he got a lot of bathrooms,’ says homelessness advocate
  • Northwestern University student Andrea Bian is critical of legacy admissions: ‘I think that’s kind of unfair.’

    How elite US schools give preference to wealthy and white 'legacy' applicants

    A lawsuit focused on race-conscious admissions at Harvard has added fuel to a fiery debate about wealth and privilege at elite institutions
  • FILE: Jeff Bezos Files For Divorce<br>FILE - JANUARY 09: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos files for divorce from wife MacKenzie Bezos after 25 years of marriage. Jeff Bezos is reportedly dating former TV anchor Lauren Sanchez.

    MacKenzie Bezos: divorce from Amazon CEO could make her world's richest woman

    She married Jeff Bezos before he started Amazon, and once described herself as a ‘lottery winner’ of a different sort
  • Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam Adelson are widely known for their record donations to Republican causes.

    Meet Dr Miriam Adelson: the record-breaking Republican donor driving Trump's Israel policy

    The Las Vegas addiction doctor is stepping out of the shadow of her casino billionaire husband and just received a medal from the president
  • Anand Giridharadas poses for a portrait at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn. In August 2018, Mr. Giridharadas published the book "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World" which investigates philanthrocapitalism.

    Anand Giridharadas on elite do-gooding: 'Many of my friends are drunk on dangerous BS'

    In his recent book, Anand Giridharadas torches the privileged circles he has moved in much of his adult life
  • A man speaks on his mobile phone as he walks past a Nike store in central Kiev, Ukraine August 14, 2018. Picture taken August 14, 2018. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

    Why has Nike's founder given a record amount to a Republican candidate?

    Phil Knight’s unprecedented donation in the Oregon governor’s race has raised questions ahead of the US midterms
  • The 2018 midterms will likely be the most expensive in US history

    Midterm big spenders: the top 20 political donors this election

    An extraordinary amount of money is being funneled into the midterms by a small number of people. But who are they, and what are they trying to buy?
  • Stealth Billionaires

    What billionaires want: the secret influence of America’s 100 richest

    A new study reveals how the wealthy engage in ‘stealth politics’: quietly advancing unpopular, inequality-exacerbating, highly conservative policies
  • In November, Michigan voters will consider a measure to end partisan gerrymandering in the state.

    Billionaires join final push over Michigan's 'rigged' voting map

    Partisan gerrymandering has protected Republican majorities in the Michigan statehouse and sent a disproportionate share to Congress
  • George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist, has long been demonized by the far right.

    'Dripping with poison of antisemitism': the demonization of George Soros

    The billionaire was the first target in a series of mail bombs sent this week, an attack that comes as vilification of Soros has reached new heights
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    The bad behavior of the richest: what I learned from wealth managers

    While those in poverty are called lazy, the idle rich are dubbed bon vivants
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