A new report looks at 10 U.S. corporations that have used an array of tax loopholes and corporate subsidies to slash their tax bills: Bank of America, Citigroup, ExxonMobil, FedEx, General Electric, Honeywell, Merck, Microsoft, Pfizer, and Verizon.
Read moreEconomic Justice
Combating inequality means both lifting up and building power at the bottom, and breaking up concentration of wealth and power at the top. That’s why we work at the intersection of economic and racial justice through projects designed to build leadership and self-empowerment of black workers, immigrant workers, and low-wage workers, youth and families affected by incarceration, along with projects aiming to reverse the rules that criminalize poor people of color, and projects fighting to ensure that the wealthy and Wall Street corporations pay their fair share of taxes.
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This Week in OtherWords: April 10, 2013
David Elliot highlights some of the hidden costs of the nation’s supersized military might.
Read moreShouldn’t We Base Our Tax Policy on More than Hunches?
The latest economic evidence supports raising taxes on the richest Americans.
Read moreUnder-Taxing the Rich Is Uncivilized
We all pay for those cuts down the road.
Read moreA Wall Street Powerhouse Attorney Talks Sense
Taxes can do more than simply raise revenue.
Read moreTransplanting Taxes from Corporations to the Rest of Us
American taxpayers are increasingly picking up the tab for unpaid corporate taxes.
Read moreThis Week in OtherWords: Tax Day Special Edition
Sam Paltrow-Krulwich talks about the “gay tax” her family must pay until the nation fully embraces marriage equality.
Read moreA Plateful of Justice
The people who wash your dishes and the folks who cook and serve your food deserve better.
Read moreThis Week in OtherWords: March 27, 2013
Jill Richardson makes the case for raising chickens in your backyard and Sam Pizzigati discusses Ford’s worker-financed bailout.
Read moreThe Military-Industrial Threat to the Nation’s Well-Being
It’s time for some serious spring cleaning at the Pentagon.
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