Report: Closing the Inequality Divide
A new IPS report lays out a strategy for fostering Genuine Progress in Maryland.
Inequality Is Hurting Us All
If the levels of greater income equality of 1968 still prevailed today, the poorest fifth of Marylanders would be earning twice what they take home now.
New Report Exposes Extreme Disparity in the Social Security Debate
Compared with ordinary Americans, CEOs pushing cuts have little to lose. CEO-backed cuts would reduce retirement benefits for a typical home care worker by almost 16 percent.
What Post-Racial America?
It will take more than President Barack Obama’s tenure to vanquish American prejudice and racial injustice.
Review: The Rich Don’t Always Win
Americans were once able to wrestle, bit by bit, power and influence from the wealthy elite–and if they did it once, they can certainly do so again.
Obama 2.0: Yes We Can Raise Taxes
These four progressive proposals have bipartisan potential.
The Dropped Ball
While the White House and much of the media spun the hurried late-night move as a victory for the middle class, it was a win paid for with new tax cuts worth hundreds of billions of dollars for America’s wealthiest families.
The fiscal cliff … of ’32
Eighty years ago, just like today, a fiscal crisis almost totally dominated the nation’s capital.
Latest “Fiscal Cliff” Proposals Would Deepen Inequality
The early reaction by many progressive organizations is that it would be better to go over the cliff than accept the emerging bargain the President has offered.
Billionaires with No Skin in the Game
If the top two percent is up in arms about losing their Bush tax cuts, why aren’t they generating any street heat?
In Fact, Fairly Taxing the Rich Won’t Scare Them Away
Recent research debunks some of the most common arguments against raising taxes on the richest Americans.
Our Health Care System is Still Sick
The health industry is about making money, not healing.
It’s the New Economy, Stupid
While Obama’s policies have the short-term potential to improve the lives of many Americans beleaguered by the economic slump, the approach he champions is insufficient to tackle the long-term problems we face.
To Move Forward, We Must Learn from Our Progressive Past
Yesterday’s ideas about curbing the ultra-rich’s power remain just as relevant as ever.
The Classy Election of 2012
Big ideas can change voting patterns.