Understanding Retail’s Volatile Moment
While you’re holiday shopping, remember the unstable job conditions for retail workers.
How to Stop a Tax Plan Rigged for the Rich
We can take a lesson from 1932.
Outside Tax Prom, Protesters Offer a Different Party
The gala, like the Trump tax plan, caters to the wealthy at the expense of everyone else.
What’s One Way to Fight Inequality? Fund Local Journalism.
Joe Rickett’s decision to shut down two major online publicationshas altered the local U.S. news environment. Barbara Ehrenreich plans on restoring it.
There Can Be No Genuine Tax Reform Without Addressing Hidden Wealth
The recently leaked Paradise Papers underscore the need to crack down on tax dodging instead of passing another giveaway for the wealthy.
Kansas Tried Trickle-Down Economics. It Didn’t Work.
A failed experiment left the state with underfunded schools, gaps in public services—and lessons for the rest of us.
If The Trump-GOP Tax Plan Passes, Kiss Your Home’s Equity Goodbye!
The Trump-GOP tax plan is a declaration of war on homeowners, homebuilders, realtors, and the mortgage industry.
The GOP’s Corporate Tax Giveaway Negates the Benefits of Closing the CEO Pay Loophole
I’ve argued to close this loophole for 20 years, but not at the expense of the colossal damage the rest of this plan would cause.
Don’t Be Fooled By the Throw-Clayton-Kershaw-Under-the-Bus Tax Plan
the House GOP decided to keep the top federal income tax rate at 39.6 percent. But the really rich won’t be paying taxes at anywhere near that rate.
If Trump Wanted to Help the Middle Class, He’d Focus on Employment Taxes
If President Trump has such concern for middle income Americans, why is he so focused on the one area — federal income taxes — where they’re not getting absolutely clobbered?
Activist Groups Work on Inspiring Alternatives to the GOP Tax Plan
Rep. Jayapal of Seattle is among the leading Progessive Democrats working to educate constituents about a fast-moving Republican tax plan.
How To Stop Corporations from Blackmailing Congress
Local institutions should start leveraging their economic clout on behalf of the low- and moderate-income communities that surround them.
Jane Fonda Takes on ‘the Other NRA’
The actress and lifelong activist joins restaurant workers in the fight to end sub-minimum tipped wage.
This Year’s Real Halloween Horror
The family that has made billions off trick-or-treat candy has gone generations without paying any appreciable tax on its enormous fortune.
If You Want to Collect Social Security, Trump’s Tax Plan Is an Outrage
You probably pay about four times more of your income to Social Security than millionaires, who want to cut their taxes and your benefits.