How to Fund a Fairer Economy—and Reduce Inequality

How can we fund universal childcare, Medicare for All, and a green economy while reducing inequality? A new plan shows how taxing wealth and corporate profits more fairly—and cutting wasteful spending—could pay for a fairer, more prosperous economy.

Issue 271

Blood on the Palms

In the coastal lowlands of the Colombian department of Nariño, oil palm plantations are spreading through historically Afro-Colombian lands. The Colombian government, with the help of USAID, is promoting the expansion as a way of resettling members of right-wing paramilitary groups. Afro-Colombian a

David Bacon Jul 1, 2007

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Published in: Issue 271

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David Bacon is a journalist and photographer covering labor, immigration, and the impact of the global economy on workers.

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