On Fighting Inequality, Which Nations Do More than Pay Lip Service?
Two global groups have joined to create a first-ever yardstick for holding our world’s top politicos accountable, nation by nation, for narrowing our grand divides.
Tenants March to Stop Giveaways to Wall Street Landlords
While Republicans are proposing severe cuts to housing assistance, they are continuing to subsidize Blackstone and other private equity housing profiteers.
Can the EU Pass a Speculation Tax?
As EU negotiators struggle to reach the finish line on a financial transaction tax agreement, 52 industry professionals issue a joint statement in support.
London Fire Fuels Movement to Tackle Inequality in Britain
Building on the momentum of the recent election, activists are demanding justice for Grenfell Tower fire victims as part of a broader agenda to narrow economic and racial divides.
Who’s To Blame for Inequality?
Deep pockets are pushing to place the blame on firms that can’t keep up with the top 5% of companies, and want to see labor rights slashed accordingly.
The Growing Problem of Hidden Wealth
The more wealth the super rich pile up, new research details, the more taxes they maneuver to evade.
Illinois is Tired of Carrying the Carried Interest Loophole
After two years without a budget, the Illinois state senate moves to close a tax loophole that cost the state billions.
How Extreme Inequality Breeds Contempt for the Vulnerable
We need to do more than assail the heartless new Trump budget. We need to understand its roots in our chronic and continuing inequality.
The Walmart Tax
When you pay your workers so little, it’s the American taxpayers who make up the gap. But how do we stop subsidizing wage theft?
Envisioning a Post-Trump Future
A new book published by the Next Systems Project challenges us to think past today’s daily scandals to consider exactly what kind of society we want to live in.
Wealthy Heir Says: “Tax Me!”
A beneficiary of family wealth speaks out against a Washington, D.C. proposal to pay for estate tax cuts by shortchanging public services.
Inequality Makes Us Sad
The Great Recession, a new study shows, has driven the sharpest decline in reported happiness since researchers started collecting consistent data.
Where Did Our Trade Unions Go?
In today’s ‘union-free’ environment, top corporate execs can pay themselves at levels their predecessors would have considered unimaginable.
Reagan’s Tax Reform Was A Bipartisan Effort of Surrender to America’s Deepest Pockets
The Reaganites didn’t compromise away any of their core commitments. The Democrats did.
How Will the White House Try to Sell its Corporate Tax Cuts?
In real life, these lavish tax breaks for corporate titans have nothing to do with protecting the health and safety of American workers.