A ‘String Theory’ for the Trump Era
Corporate CEOs are cheering a new White House executive order that lets them keep cheating on the taxpayer dime. But taxpayers may well be wising up.
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
What’s Killing White Folks?
New study points to rising hopelessness as a major driver of the declining health and life expectancy of working class white Americans. White people in the United States are dying...
Seattle Takes on the Trump Budget
A new campaign is rising up to “Trump-proof Seattle” with innovative city-level solutions to the deep problems created by the administration’s proposed budget cuts.
Clobbering a Shill for Overpaid CEOs
The Trump pick now running the Securities and Exchange Commission invited America to dump on government regulation. America declined.
Underwater Nation
While billionaires get richer, most Americans lack the cash reserves to get through hard times. Are you or a loved one having trouble staying afloat? You’re truly not alone. While...
Immigrants Pay More Than Fair Share
Despite constant bashing in the media and from the White House, undocumented immigrants actually pay more towards the public good than the wealthy. It’s hip these days to pick on...
4 Charts That May Make You Scream
New Wall Street bonus numbers reveal how these payouts have far outpaced the rise in the federal minimum wage — and how this in turn has contributed to race and...
Return of the Railroad Robber Baron
If you don’t pay me $300 million, the new CEO at CSX is threatening, I’ll let your workers keep their jobs.
A Window Into Trump’s Tax Returns
A leaked document shows Trump’s own tax proposals would’ve drastically reduced his 2005 IRS payment. Rachel Maddow has broken a blockbuster story with an exclusive interview with David Cay...
Why Not Fix Early Child Care?
A new book offers serious solutions to the deep divide in access to affordable early child care and education. The patchwork of programs currently in place to help parents balance...