Policy

We can have a strong job market and lower inflation — and we don’t need more painful interest rate hikes to do it.

Too many lawmakers are happy to dole out subsidies for the rich and corporations while resisting pay increases for educators.

Black students have had to take out larger loans and faced greater difficulty paying them back than other borrowers.

Domestic workers make all other work possible – yet have been excluded from crucial federal labor protections for over 80 years. In a historic first, Congress held a hearing on policy that would finally change that.

New federal contracting standards could incentivize corporations to narrow the economic divides that undermine employee morale and business effectiveness.

Cities and states are experimenting with trust fund accounts to narrow the racial wealth divide.

This provision of the Inflation Reduction Act will discourage corporations from siphoning resources from worker wages and productive investments for share repurchases that inflate CEO pay.

An Institute for Policy Studies analysis of the progressive tax proposed by incoming Colombian President Gustavo Petro would impact a small percentage of the nation's wealthiest while raising millions to address widening inequality.

Rising like monsters from the deep, donor-advised funds (DAFs) have finally caught up with foundations as the wealthy donor’s charitable warehousing vehicle of choice — and are poised to eclipse them.