Wall Street Should Pay a Sales Tax, Too
Americans are used to paying sales taxes on basic goods and services, but when a Wall Street trader buys millions of dollars’ worth of stocks or derivatives, there’s no tax at all.
Ohio Proves It: Rehabilitation Works
The Buckeye State has reformed its juvenile justice system because it understands that “children have to be treated like children.”
Panama Papers Expose the Hidden Wealth of the World’s Super-Rich
This massive leak of transactions involving 214,488 offshore corporations, covering 40 years of activity, will boost the global movement to recapture trillions of the hidden wealth of nations.
General Electric to Pay Taxes: The Prank that Cost $3.5 Billion in Market Capitalization
Breaking from decades of aggressive tax avoidance, General Electric announced they will pay taxes in their future hometown…If only.
TurboTax is Lobbying to Make Filing Your Taxes More Difficult
A call to boycott the tax preparation companies spending millions making sure the tax code is overly complex.
Donald Trump is Foreign Policy’s Useful Idiot
He’s right that “world’s policeman” is not a viable role for the U.S. to play. Eventually, someone with a bigger brain and a smaller ego will pick up this message, run with it, and win big at the polls.
Reactors Put Us at Risk for Nuclear Terrorism
Nuclear power plants are already rife with operational safety issues. Now security questions render them unacceptably perilous, too.
Nonviolent Offenders Shouldn’t Have to Die in Prison
Inmates on their deathbeds should be free to spend their final days with their loved ones.
No Opposition on Vote to Blacklist Corporations in Occupied Palestine Shows Shifting Global Opinion
Phyllis Bennis says this symbolic vote demonstrates the power the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement has to impact government choices.
Hipocresia! A Revolutionary Perspective On Obama’s Visit to Cuba
IPS policy analyst Netfa Freeman demystifies much of what has been said about Obama’s visit to Cuba, from the perspective of one friendly to the Cuban Revolution.
On Heels of Obama’s Historic Visit to Cuba, Advocates to Gather in Washington
The International Committee, accompanied by dozens of supporters from across the United States and beyond, will descend on Washington from April 18-22 for a second “Days of Action against the Blockade.”
The Treasury Department Could Help Block Offshore Tax Havens
Big Pharma company Pfizer is currently evading $40 billion in tax obligations and trying to make that permanent through a tax-dodging marriage with Irish firm Allergen.
What Does the One Percent Owe You?
A new interactive website is vividly showing just how much economic inequality is costing you.
Gustavo Castro Witnessed the Murder of Berta Cáceres. That Means His Life Is in Danger.
In the face of silence from Washington, the Clinton-backed coup government in Honduras is mopping up activists for democracy and indigenous rights.
Kasich is No Moderate on Inequality
Kasich tries to present himself as the moderate anti-Trump, but his time as governor has been marked by regressive tax reform that helps the rich and hurts the rest.