
Democrats Need to Stop Scaling Back Build Back Better, and Pass the Bill Right Now
The Democrats’ main vulnerability right now is that voters simply have no idea they’re trying to do popular things.
The Democrats’ main vulnerability right now is that voters simply have no idea they’re trying to do popular things.
The 2022 elections are still a year away, but all signs point to trouble for Democrats.
The Institute for Policy Studies’ Criminalization of Race and Poverty Project celebrates the historic anti-poverty provisions of the Build Back Better bill passed by the U.S. House while joining social movements in calling for fuller equity.
The compromise is an important first step towards a fair tax system and a more equitable economy.
Democrats are slashing the Build Back Better bill from $3.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion over ten years. Meanwhile, Pentagon contractors have received $3.4 trillion over the past decade.
The Build Back Better program isn’t just inadequate on climate—it may be a disaster. Here’s what movements are demanding next.
To help pay for vital public investments, Congress needs to end a tax loophole that has allowed greedy private equity execs to pay a lower tax rate than many middle-class Americans.
The Ways and Means Committee plan would make a down payment on much-needed public investments but doesn’t go far enough to address wealth inequality.
Letter denounces corporate lobbyists’ assault on vital programs and services supporting children and working families and combating climate change.
Letter denounces corporate lobbyists’ assault on vital programs and services supporting children and working families and combating climate change.
Letter denounces corporate lobbyists’ assault on vital programs and services supporting children and working families and combating climate change.
Revenue options that would also curb runaway executive pay have strong appeal across the political spectrum.
The next few months will be crucial to securing the big, bold policy wins needed to build a more equitable, sustainable country for all.
The increase would have come on top of the more than $750 billion the budget resolution already reserved for the Pentagon.
Rep. Cori Bush delivered a win for millions of renters, but inequalities that make Black women particularly vulnerable to evictions continue.