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For years, political experts have warned that America is in a state of democratic decline. Now some say democracy in the US could be giving way to something else entirely: an oligarchy. That’s an ...

In his farewell address, outgoing US President Joe Biden warned "an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, ...

The report highlights several stats: the ten richest U.S. billionaires gained nearly $700 billion in a single year, even as ...

Outgoing President Joe Biden delivered a sobering farewell address Wednesday, warning that America’s democracy is sliding into what he called an “oligarchy.” Biden’s remarks called out the growing ...

In short, an oligarchy is an elite few who control the government’s actions. By using the pointedly negative term “oligarchy,” Biden equated this moment — when the world’s wealthiest men are feting ...

Democrats are embroiled in a debate over using the term “oligarchy” to describe the Trump administration — not whether they think the description is accurate, but whether Americans are familiar enough ...

This past year has been indelibly shaped by concentrated wealth and power. The 10 richest U.S. billionaires got $698 billion ...

In Fight Oligarchy, Senator Bernie Sanders presents what reads more like a manifesto for democratic renewal than a political ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden in his Wednesday farewell speech to the nation warned that American democracy was sliding into an ''oligarchy'' of tech billionaires. But what exactly is an oligarchy?