Program on Inequality and the Common Good

The Trump-GOP tax plan is a declaration of war on homeowners, homebuilders, realtors, and the mortgage industry.

The Forbes 400 and the Rest of Us

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is nothing short of a boon to the very wealthy at the expense of everyone else.

Local institutions should start leveraging their economic clout on behalf of the low- and moderate-income communities that surround them.

The family that has made billions off trick-or-treat candy has gone generations without paying any appreciable tax on its enormous fortune.

You probably pay about four times more of your income to Social Security than millionaires, who want to cut their taxes and your benefits.

The one “loophole closing” Trump has proposed would actually reduce tax revenue- state tax revenue, that is.

The deals on luxury private jets have never been sweeter. The reality of what that means for the rest of us could hardly be more bitter.

There’s a heist coming. Arm yourself with the facts.

Three figures can explain the impact of Donald Trump’s tax plan.

Donald Trump’s put-down of Puerto Ricans reflects a mindset that has long afflicted the awesomely affluent.

A felony conviction may not always mean a lifetime jail sentence, but for most it means economic hardship and financial instability for life.

When it comes to wealth in the Black and Latino communities, they are significantly lagging behind their White counterparts. Will the President step up to help or continue to let them suffer?

New research shows that if the growing racial wealth divide is left unchecked, median Black and Latino families will become penniless within a few decades. It doesn’t have to be this way. 

Our “free market” health care system gives CEOs the freedom to squeeze us.

Wealthy white households control the vast majority of the nation’s economic resources, and they appear to have no idea how the rest of society lives.

Groups that represent real small farmers with tractors actually support estate tax reform.

The United States today is the only industrialized nation that doesn’t guarantee health care as a basic right to all its citizens. The Medicare For All Act could change that.

As our country becomes more diverse, our racial wealth gap means it’s also becoming poorer.

No savings, investments or home equity. This economic dystopia looms for minority families, and so does a choice: Do we want America to be more like Brazil or Canada?