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Since at least the nineteen-seventies, proponents of campaign-finance reform have dreamed of forcing politicians to rely more on small contributions from individual citizens, imagining that such donors, in aggregate, might counterbalance the influence of the wealthy élite and corporate interests.
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David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2024
In the past, environmentalism has been misaligned as a cause for the wealthy, when in fact, Black leaders, and specifically Black women have long had a hand in shaping the conservationist movement.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 22 Apr. 2024
By the time The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst first debuted in 2015, Robert Durst was arrested on suspicion of the murders of his missing wife and two others — all thanks to filmmaker Andrew Jarecki’s recordings (and surprise audio confession) with the wealthy real estate heir.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Apr. 2024
This was around the time that HBO dropped the fourth season of Succession and the internet was obsessed with decoding the wealthy aesthetics of the Roy family.
—Kai McNamee, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
This one stars Irish actor Andrew Scott as the title character, who is recruited by the wealthy father of Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to bring his dilettante son home from Italy.
—Esther Zuckerman, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
But one thread runs through much of the wealthy opposition to the president: taxes.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Jeffrey Epstein’s island is alleged to have been a secret haven for the misdeeds of the wealthy and the powerful.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
Unfortunately, the wealthy seldom pay their fair share.
—Susan Harley, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2024
In the past, environmentalism has been misaligned as a cause for the wealthy, when in fact, Black leaders, and specifically Black women have long had a hand in shaping the conservationist movement.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 22 Apr. 2024
By the time The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst first debuted in 2015, Robert Durst was arrested on suspicion of the murders of his missing wife and two others — all thanks to filmmaker Andrew Jarecki’s recordings (and surprise audio confession) with the wealthy real estate heir.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Apr. 2024
This was around the time that HBO dropped the fourth season of Succession and the internet was obsessed with decoding the wealthy aesthetics of the Roy family.
—Kai McNamee, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
This one stars Irish actor Andrew Scott as the title character, who is recruited by the wealthy father of Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to bring his dilettante son home from Italy.
—Esther Zuckerman, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
But one thread runs through much of the wealthy opposition to the president: taxes.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Jeffrey Epstein’s island is alleged to have been a secret haven for the misdeeds of the wealthy and the powerful.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
Unfortunately, the wealthy seldom pay their fair share.
—Susan Harley, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
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