Chuck Collins is a campaigner, researcher, and storyteller based at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits Inequality.org. He is the author of the eco-fiction novel Altar to an Erupting Sun and the recently published book Burned By Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining Our Lives and Planet (October 2025, New Press).
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Does your neighborhood need a coffee klatch?
How a tiny town in Vermont turned a simple weekly gathering into the social glue holding a neighborhood together.
October 2, 2026
Our town, our table: The community-building power of a shared meal
Can community potlucks provide a solution to America’s loneliness epidemic?
September 30, 2026
Navigating the great unraveling: How communities are building place‑based resilience
How do our communities prepare for a disrupted future? The growing frequency and variety of global disruptions and unraveling raise the question of how communities can prepare.
August 29, 2026
Musk’s trillion-dollar fortune is a flashing warning light for democracy
Elon Musk becoming the planet’s first trillionaire should alarm anyone worried about democracy. At that level of wealth, you’re no longer just buying another mansion or private jet; the dangerous power of concentrated wealth is to distort markets, politics, and society.
July 8, 2026
Burned by Billionaires: Excerpt
This excerpt from Chuck Collins’ new book Burned by Billionaires includes examples of rule changes that would lift people out of poverty, increase economic security for the precarious, and reduce inequality.
October 15, 2025
“Stick Together:” An Anthem for the Community Resilience and Resistance Movement
Luke’s song underscores the power of music and art at this moment. I know it helps me personally to stay grounded and sane as we face the topsy-turvy days we are living through.
June 3, 2025
