Labor Unions Must Lead a Just Transition from Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy
Some labor leaders have already scorched proposals like the Green New Deal even as affected sectors continue to lose jobs.
Trump Launches Aggressive Poverty Disinformation Campaign
The middle class is starting to look poor, but the president’s Council of Economic Advisers now argues that not even the poor are poor—all the better to cut programs that serve both groups.
The Tax Act is a Lost Opportunity to Help Small Business
For Main Street small businesses, the benefits of the Tax Act are peanuts. Nearly half of all the savings go to people making over $1 million a year.
How to Restore Taxes on Inheritances
With the estate tax further weakened, is it time to pivot to an inheritance tax?
One-Time Bonuses, Full-Time Con: Trump’s Tax Cuts Deliver Worker Layoffs
Corporate public relations teams extol bonuses to pump up the Republican re-election effort, but many people will end up unemployed.
The Little Agency That Could Have Tamed the Military-Industrial Complex
The Pentagon’s Office of Economic Adjustment mostly missed its chance to wean communities off America’s dependence on defense economics.
Now Eric Trump is Accused of Stealing from a Cancer Charity
Just another chapter in the weird stories of the first family.
The New Predators in an Old Mortgage Scam
The Contract Buyers League thought they stamped out predatory contracts for deeds, but thanks to private equity firms, these practices targeting low-income communities of color have resurfaced.
Corporate Allies in Washington Take Aim at CEO Pay Reform
Despite a growing consensus that corporate CEOs are overpaid, Washington’s CEO Pay Apologists Club mobilizes to strike down executive pay reforms.
Hillary Clinton Channels Her Inner Teddy Roosevelt
Her plan would generate $260 billion over ten years, exclusively from multimillionaires and billionaires, to help reverse extreme wealth inequality.
Half of Prince’s $300 Million Estate Could Be Taxed. That’s a Good Thing.
The late pop star eschewed tax-dodging chicanery and will still leave a sizable fortune to his heirs—as well as to the taxpayers who helped him succeed.
How to Redistribute Wealth—Without the Guillotine
We can’t just tax billionaires’ paychecks. We should tax the wealth they’ve already amassed.
Must Environmentalists and Labor Activists Find Themselves at Odds With Each Other?
The need for jobs, and the ecological limits to growth
The New Politics of Inherited Advantage
In a tough economy with dwindling social supports, children of privilege have a bigger head start than ever.