Sarah Anderson
@sarahanderson
Global Economy Director and co-editor of Inequality.org at the Institute for Policy Studies (@ips-dc.bsky.social). Subscribe to our free newsletter: Inequality.org/subscribe
Trump has slapped new tariffs on Canada as punishment for their alleged disregard for “forced labor” protections. It sounded dubious - until I spotted hard evidence right on my Canadian maple syrup can! 😉
Sobering data from @epi.org on what workers are up against when they want to exercise their basic rights.
Ronni Moffitt's life was cut short at 25 when she was killed in 1976 by agents of the Pinochet dictatorship while on her way to work at @ips-dc.org. A Chilean judge has just sentenced 3 men for her murder. Proud to work for an org that doesn't stop fighting for justice. ips-dc.org/ips-applauds...
h/t @oilchange.org for these obscene research findings on war profiteering.
Let's keep celebrating the VICTORY over VIKTOR Hungarians proved that a people, united, can unseat a crony capitalist despot. During his 16-year rule, Orbán funneled $24B in EU aid to 13 oligarchs while worker wages were stagnating. His family members also somehow became ridiculously wealthy.
Quite the FT front page on war impacts: IMF forecasts food price increases + Wall Street traders "thrive" on volatility
The voter participation gap between rich and poor is already disturbingly wide. If Trump succeeds in restricting mail-in voting, this gap would likely grow even wider. Low-income voters face multiple barriers to voting in person, incl lack of paid time off & other costs of getting to the polls
The "Lice" agents and the Louis XVI-era party at the DC #NoKings rally get my votes for the most inspired costumes.
Wow. I was looking for images to illustrate an educational presentation on Reagan's union-busting and slashing of taxes on the rich. Assumed I'd need to find 2 separate images and then I came across this front page. Good grief. So much lasting damage to our country - all on one day!
Know a young person who's passionate about grassroots activism, policy research, and progressive advocacy? Please let them know about our paid Wallace Fellowship at @ips-dc.org ips-dc.org/wallacefellowship
With a heavy heart, I went to the protest over the Washington Post layoffs today. Time to support worker-owned (not billionaire-owned) media.
Valero, a major US Gulf Coast refiner, saw their shares climb even higher than Chevron's on the first trading day since the US military operation. They stand to reap huge windfalls if the US lifts sanctions on Venezuelan oil.
Here's how Chevron shares did on the first day of trading after the president stated that a core objective of the US military operation in Venezuela was to put the country's oil sector under US control.
As someone who's watched Summers fail upward for decades, this is exactly what I've been pondering:
Peter Weiss was a fearless lawyer who cooked up wildly creative ways of going after the baddies, from Henry Kissinger to corporate criminals. He also had a wicked dry wit. Grateful to have had the chance to spend time with him during his 99 yrs. @ips-dc.org tribute: ips-dc.org/remembering-...
For more on the Tax Excessive CEO Pay act, led by @sanders.senate.gov and @rashidatalib.bsky.social: www.help.senate.gov/dem/newsroom...
The CEO-worker pay gap numbers Pope Leo referenced are similar to those in our recent report on the 100 largest low-wage corporations: ips-dc.org/report-execu...
In response to a question about how to solve the polarization that is tearing the world apart, Pope Leo raised the problem of the growing gap between CEO and worker pay. Nice to have a new ally on this front! Full interview: cruxnow.com/vatican/2025...
OK, I can't claim to have solved our overpaid CEO problem with my decades of exposés. But I have created headaches for their PR flacks. Starbucks declined multiple requests from @msainato.bsky.social of @theguardian.com to comment on our latest report. Ulta and Lowe's flacks also took a pass.
One of the many jaw-dropping stats in the new @aflcio.org paywatch report
"If they pass this bill and kick 16 million people off health care, we will organize those people." - Bishop Barber at yesterday's rally against the big ugly bill, which the Senate just passed 51-50.
Heavy rally at the Capitol today with protestors against the GOP budget bill carrying 51 caskets showing the number of people who would lose Medicaid and SNAP in each state + DC.
