Senator Warren’s Wealth Tax: The Moment of Conception
There are great moments in intellectual cross-fertilization. This may have been one of them.
Trump Tax Plan 2.0 Cements the Worst Economic Policy in a Generation
House Republicans are doubling down on reforms that awarded tax giveaways to corporations and the wealthy.
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Scam
As another corporate giveaway, the plan would put major public infrastructure up for sale, and would loosen environmental rules designed to protect local communities.
The GOP Tax Plan Is Igniting a Movement for a Moral Economy
While Republicans may succeed in scoring a short term win for their donors, their tax plan is sparking a new moral movement against inequality.
The GOP’s Great Depression Tax Plan
What history will the 2017 tax clash end up making?
The GOP Is Using ‘Tax Reform’ to Gut American Health Care
Tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent alone could fund coverage for 12 million Americans.
A Year Out, the Election Day Hangover We Can’t Get Rid Of
At his inauguration Trump promised a government controlled by the people. How are the people faring so far?
Private Jets and Trust Fund Kids Show Where the GOP’s Tax Priorities Lie
The private jets provision in the Senate bill is indicative of who’s at the table – the wealthiest presidential cabinet in American history and their billionaire friends.
What Else Could a Tax Cut for the Richest 1% Buy in Your State?
New data from our National Priorities Project shows what’s at stake if America’s richest get a tax cut.
Trump’s Tax Plan Taunts the Dignity of Labor
If it passes, this plan would have our national tax burden resting overwhelmingly on income from the labor of working people.
Kansas Tried Trickle-Down Economics. It Didn’t Work.
A failed experiment left the state with underfunded schools, gaps in public services—and lessons for the rest of us.
Trump’s Tax Cuts Are the Biggest Wealth Grab in Modern History
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is nothing short of a boon to the very wealthy at the expense of everyone else.
Don’t Be Fooled By the Throw-Clayton-Kershaw-Under-the-Bus Tax Plan
the House GOP decided to keep the top federal income tax rate at 39.6 percent. But the really rich won’t be paying taxes at anywhere near that rate.
Activist Groups Work on Inspiring Alternatives to the GOP Tax Plan
Rep. Jayapal of Seattle is among the leading Progessive Democrats working to educate constituents about a fast-moving Republican tax plan.
10 Trumped Up Halloween Terrors
A look at the real-life horrors our government is peddling this year — and a look at the movements rising up to stop them.