Here are five tax secrets billionaires deploy to keep you paying more than your fair share
Progressive Experts Rebut Trump’s False Claims About Shared Prosperity
In his state of the union address, the president made a poor attempt to conceal the continued rise in economic inequality under his administration.
In his state of the union address, the president made a poor attempt to conceal the continued rise in economic inequality under his administration.
A Campaign Finance Solution Has Been Sitting on Mcconnell’s Desk for a Year
Countering the undue influence of big money in our elections is a civil rights issue. H.R. 1, the for the people act, would be a giant step forward.
Countering the undue influence of big money in our elections is a civil rights issue. H.R. 1, the for the people act, would be a giant step forward.
To Reduce Inequality in Elections, All States Should Allow Voting at Home
Letting people fill out ballots at their kitchen table and pop them in the mail reduces economic barriers to participation for low-income americans.
Letting people fill out ballots at their kitchen table and pop them in the mail reduces economic barriers to participation for low-income americans.
Braggadocio in the White House, Carcinogens in Our Neighborhoods
In Trump America, science no match for ‘free market’ fundamentalists and CEOs chasing windfalls
In trump america, science no match for ‘free market’ fundamentalists and ceos chasing windfalls
Global Mining Corporations Have a Friend in the New Guatemalan Government
The new president has appointed a former mining executive to a high-level post, worrying indigenous communities that have long protested the company’s harmful extraction activities.
The new president has appointed a former mining executive to a high-level post, worrying indigenous communities that have long protested the company’s harmful extraction activities.
Our Widely Ignored Redistribution Up
If redistribution is so terrible, why do our policy wonks pay so little attention to redistribution from poor to rich?
If redistribution is so terrible, why do our policy wonks pay so little attention to redistribution from poor to rich?
A Budget Plan for the People
The President's populist budget will leave Republicans scrambling to explain why they don't support it.
The President’s populist budget will leave Republicans scrambling to explain why they don’t support it.
Does the Coronavirus Crisis Have to End With a Wealthier Wealthy?
This Time Around, Let’s Use the Power of the Public Purse to Reduce Inequality.
This Time Around, Let’s Use the Power of the Public Purse to Reduce Inequality.
Living in Inequality, Dying in Despair
Americans are living a little longer. But we still lag well behind the developed world’s life expectancy norm. As the world’s most unequal developed nation, we shouldn’t be surprised.
Americans are living a little longer. But we still lag well behind the developed world’s life expectancy norm. As the world’s most unequal developed nation, we shouldn’t be surprised.
Supreme Court Poised to Strike a Major Blow to Social and Environmental Protections
Without the power to regulate health, safety, finance, and other critical areas, we’ll be living in a much sicker, more unequal, and more economically unstable world.
Without the power to regulate health, safety, finance, and other critical areas, we’ll be living in a much sicker, more unequal, and more economically unstable world.
Coronavirus Prevention That Works for Working People
It should not take a terrifying national emergency for us to wake up to the realization that we all pay the price when we treat people like they don’t matter.
It should not take a terrifying national emergency for us to wake up to the realization that we all pay the price when we treat people like they don’t matter.
The Detroit Organizers Long Demanding Water Justice
As cities and states grapple with the spread of coronavirus, activists remind government why water is a human right and not a commodity.
As cities and states grapple with the spread of coronavirus, activists remind government why water is a human right and not a commodity.
Not This Time: Watch Out for Wall Street in a Pandemic
The community came together to help 9/11 survivors and their families get relief. Here are the lessons we learned for the hard times ahead.
The community came together to help 9/11 survivors and their families get relief. Here are the lessons we learned for the hard times ahead.
Iowa’s ‘First in the Nation’ Presidential Candidate Contest Is Also One of the Most Inequitable
As the big caucus night approaches, activists are working to help low-income residents overcome multiple barriers to participation
As the big caucus night approaches, activists are working to help low-income residents overcome multiple barriers to participation
In a Pandemic, Service Workers Need Paid Sick Leave — Now
It’s well past time we joined the civilized world by giving workers federally mandated, paid sick leave. Our health and our lives depend on it.
It’s well past time we joined the civilized world by giving workers federally mandated, paid sick leave. Our health and our lives depend on it.