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With outright lies dominating the estate tax debate on Capitol Hill, two Washington Post columnists have incredibly different takes on the untruths of the anti-tax crowd. This week, the Washington...

While America's wealth grew by 60 percent, so did the number of homeless children.

Staging an Olympics in Boston could help reduce the wealth gap, but only if planners identify the interventions that could reduce the city's most basic disparities.

Attacks on women's reproductive health are ultimately a war on poor women. By Claire Goldstene [caption id="attachment_8730" align="alignright" width="300"] Statewide campaigns to end abortion have led to shutting down women's...

We don't need more tax perks for business meals.

A $58,000 traffic ticket? A number of European nations don’t let the rich off easy. In the United States, by contrast, we pummel the poor for minor offenses. Apple CEO...

A master economic narrative, financed by big business, shamelessly controls our politics. By Larry Checco [caption id="attachment_8716" align="alignright" width="276"] The prevailing American narrative about the economy is financed by big,...

Average Americans today have essentially zilch influence on public policy. You don’t need to trust your gut on that. Political scientist Benjamin Page has the data.

McDonald's is the latest mega-rich corporate employer to announce it's giving workers a raise. In a press release this week, McDonald's announced it would raise workers' wages to at least...

Here are five tax secrets billionaires deploy to keep you paying more than your fair share:

 There are several factual and well-established reasons why corporations owe a great debt to the nation that has made them rich. By Paul Buchheit [caption id="attachment_8665" align="alignright" width="212"] Corporations use...

Just 26 companies account for more than half of the $2.1 trillion in untaxed profits U.S. corporations currently hold offshore.