How to Talk to a Tea Party Activist
Progressives and tea party activists: Where we agree, disagree, and how we can find common good.
Tax Day and America’s Wars
Matt Ryan, the mayor of Binghamton, New York, is sick and tired of watching people in local communities “squabble over crumbs,” as he puts it, while so much local money pours into the Pentagon’s coffers and into America’s wars.
Seismic Inequality
Why Chile fared better than Haiti after earthquakes struck both countries.
Tax Day Talking Points
There are two tax systems in America today: one for the privileged and one for everyone else.
Shifting Responsibility
IPS scholars track how 50 years of tax breaks benefited the wealthiest Americans.
Reverse the Tax Shift
When rich individuals and corporations don’t pay their fair share, the bills get passed to the middle class.
Congress: Let My Tax Cut Expire
I would pay less if Congress extended my tax cuts, but as a citizen I think it would be irresponsible.
Did America’s Founders Want Government Small?
They wanted to limit what today’s conservatives celebrate–the concentration of wealth.
Down and Out…in America
We have a long-term growth in income disparity between rich and middle-class, which has since been mostly obscured by the recent meltdown.
The State of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream in 2010
Racial inequality is a reality we still need to address four decades after MLK’s assassination.
Author Event: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
Where in the developed world do people live the longest? Where do people born at the bottom of the economic ladder have the best shot at climbing up? In which nations do children do best in school? Which countries send the most people to prison; have the teenage pregnancies and suffer the most homicides? The answers matter and are indicative of a society’s overall health and the quality of life for its citizens. That is the contention of eminent British epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, authors of The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger.
What Obama is Getting Wrong About Economic Recovery
Obama needs new, bold ideas to get Americans back on their feet and out of recession.
Job Creation: Change Obama Needs to Believe In
With the unemployment rate still in double digits, the Obama administration must step up to the plate and strengthen the job market.
Estate Tax Breathes Life into Economy
Congress had to act swiftly to preserve the substance and the meaning of the estate tax.
Author Event: Dr. Richard Wilkinson and ‘The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger’
Dr. King helped us see the moral imperative for more equal societies. Now exciting new research — on everything from how long people live to how well economies perform — shows that more equal societies work better for all people. In fact, middle-income people in more equal societies do far better than their middle-income counterparts in societies that let wealth concentrate in the pockets of a few.
Hear Dr. Richard Wilkinson, the famed British scientist, discuss his landmark new book, The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger, on the day we set aside to honor Dr. King and his struggle for equality and justice.
This event is cosponsored by Busboys and Poets and the Institute for Policy Studies.