Policy

Secretive funding from ultra-wealthy donors has shaped the courts and public policy. Here's how one donor-advised fund has facilitated that.

Our tax dollars should make life better — not go to waste on bloated military contracts and Pentagon boondoggles. Here’s what the numbers show.

Private equity, an ownership structure that puts distant financiers in charge of how a business is run, has been shown to result in worse health outcomes for patients, at greater cost.

If billionaires and corporations pay their share of taxes, there would be more than enough revenue to invest in child care, paid leave, and home care. 

And the affluent should pay their fair tax share to help make that access a reality for everyone.

Last year’s Wall Street bonus pool was large enough to raise New York City’s minimum wage to $21.25 — with $24 billion left over.

Since 2008, growth in the average Wall Street bonus has far outstripped wage growth for ordinary U.S. workers.

The legislation will end "the failed experiment of gutting Michigan workers' rights," said one lawmaker.

The president’s plan for jobs, families, and health reflects the things most of us value. But it should spend more on those and less on the Pentagon.