Billionaires Used to Be Quiet

Billionaires used to be quiet

Especially over the past few decades as the Supreme Court threw open the doors to unlimited political donations, billionaires have tipped the scales of American politics. But the subtlety of previous decades has been replaced with a far more vocal style in the Trump Era.

Robert Reich Teaches One Last Class to the Next Generation

Jacobin sat down with former labor secretary Robert Reich to talk about his new documentary, The Last Class, democratic socialism, and why we’re possibly in an even more unequal Gilded Age than the original.

Is America in a New Gilded Age? Wealth, Power, and Democracy

When tech billionaires were given a front row-seat at the latest presidential inauguration — and the world's richest man gained unprecedented power over federal agencies — questions about the growing influence of today's tycoons took center stage. Is America in a new Gilded Age, or is this just the latest chapter in its struggle to balance wealth, power and democracy?

Interrogating Tech Power and Democratic Crisis

If you’ve been reading Tech Policy Press closely over the last three weeks, you may have come across one or more posts from collaboration with Data & Society called “Ideologies of Control: A Series on Tech Power and Democratic Crisis.” The articles in the series examine how powerful tech billionaires and authoritarian leaders and thinkers are leveraging AI and digital infrastructure to advance anti-democratic agendas, consolidate control, and re…

BLK ALERTS - Is America in a New Gilded Age? Wealth, Power, and Democracy

When tech billionaires were given a front row-seat at the latest presidential inauguration — and the world’s richest man gained unprecedented power over federal agencies — questions about the growing influence of today’s tycoons took center stage. Is America in a new Gilded Age, or is this just the latest chapter in its struggle to balance wealth, power and democracy?