Jane Fonda Takes on ‘the Other NRA’
The actress and lifelong activist joins restaurant workers in the fight to end the subminimum tipped wage.
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
This Year’s Real Halloween Horror
The family that has made billions off trick-or-treat candy has gone generations without paying any appreciable tax on its enormous fortune. And the Trump tax plan, if adopted, would ax a huge chunk of the tax on the family’s income!
Let’s Ditch the Trump Tax ‘Reform’ and Start Over
Improving Social Security, not enriching the rich, ought to become a prime goal of what Congress aims to achieve.
No, Mr. President, the Deduction for State Income Tax Is Not a Loophole
The one ‘loophole closing’ Trump has proposed would actually reduce tax revenue — state tax revenue, that is.
Bargains in the Clouds
The deals on luxury private jets have never been sweeter. The reality of what that means — for the rest of us — could hardly be more bitter.
Taxing the Wealthy to Pay for Universal Home Care
Activists in Maine are mobilizing to put a path-breaking proposal on the 2018 ballot that would fund in-home services for the state's elderly and disabled.
The Women of Color ‘Solutionaries’ Taking On Detroit’s Deep Divisions
A new report uses photography and interviews to raise the profile of 20 Black, Latina, Arab, and Asian women who should have a greater say in the city's revitalization.
At the Economic Policy Institute, New Leadership — and the Same Old Integrity
A premiere source for the data and analysis America’s working families need is turning a fresh corner.
Why Do So Many Super Rich Despise the Poor?
Donald Trump’s putdown of suffering Puerto Ricans reflects a mindset that has long afflicted the awesomely affluent.