A Look Inside the Case That Enshrined Political Power for Billionaires – The New York Times
A Look Inside the Case That Enshrined Political Power for Billionaires The New York Times
Jessica Mathews
- Business
- April 3, 2026
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The Walmart billionaires next door: Quiet backlash is brewing against the heirs who remade the retailer’s hometown
Sam Walton’s favorite ice cream, butter pecan, is always available at the Spark Café, in the quaint town square of Bentonville, Ark. Next door is Walton’s 5&10, the five-and-dime store…
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- March 18, 2026
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Less than 10 out of 250 billionaires have kept their promise to give away their fortune—and a philanthropy CEO says Elon Musk is right about why
Giving away billions sounds easy. Write a check and change the world. But Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, admitted last year that, actually, “it is very difficult to give…
The Scale of Billionaires’ Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics – The New York Times
The Scale of Billionaires’ Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics The New York Times
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- February 21, 2026
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Tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich
Despite building an increasingly screen-focused world, billionaire tech leaders are keeping their own children away from the tech they helped create. As far back as 2010, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs…
Billionaires have more money and political power than ever, Oxfam says – Al Jazeera
Billionaires have more money and political power than ever, Oxfam says Al Jazeera
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- May 17, 2025
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Billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg started their own schools—but fixing the education system is harder than it looks
If you can name a billionaire, odds are, they’ve given some of their philanthropic stash to the world of education. Perhaps the most notable are the efforts of Bill Gates…
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- February 28, 2025
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Billionaires earning $10 billion per day in January are suddenly watching their net worth get wiped out—Elon Musk has lost $90 billion alone
DeepSeek’s revolutionary AI model has wiped nearly $100 billion from the world’s richest people, including Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison. Read More
