Congressional Republicans don’t want fiscal responsibility. They want to destroy the government’s ability to improve the lives of American citizens.
When it’s a choice between averting catastrophe and making money, Wall Street will always choose making money.
Administration proposal would restrict insider trades, and impose a tax on stock buybacks that largely benefit the fat cats.
More drilling doesn’t add up to lower prices anytime soon—it just locks in more carbon. Here’s what to do instead.
The president’s $3.5 trillion human-needs plan is facing severe cuts from key members of Congress. So why does the military get $7.5 trillion, no questions asked?
The capital-gains-tax proposal would actually protect family farmers like those on “Little House on the Prairie” and tax the windfall riches ‘earned” by ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’
As disaster after disaster unfolds, any plan that doesn’t tackle the climate crisis with urgency isn’t worth taking seriously.
By using the power of the public purse, we can encourage federal contractors to be upstanding corporate citizens.
The implosion of Archegos is an early warning sign about the next generation of unaccountable capital and exotic, risky financial instruments hidden inside ‘family offices.’
Solar energy, in particular, shows potential to create inclusive, well-paying union jobs that working Americans need.
An increase in the military budget won’t make us safer or more prosperous.
An expanded child tax credit could create the ‘bootstraps’ to lift the next generation.
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s bill would levy a small tax on billionaire fortunes. It could raise billions for recovery—and help protect our democracy.
How to ‘donate’ land to a charity, but keep it for your own exclusive use.
How we face this extraordinary inequality is the ultimate test of what kind of country we are and what we will become.