Policy

New study shows growing divide in Texas’s most populous county. The world knows Houston as a major hub for oil and gas and the home of America’s space program. What...

The leader of the British Labour Party has just outlined an ambitious set of proposals for shearing the incomes of the ultra rich down to more democratic proportions.

Maine raised their minimum wage, raised taxes on the wealthy to fund education, passed ranked choice voting, and legalized marijuana. Maine People's Alliance's Ben Chin explains how the state won...

Could the resounding Election Day victory of a state tax initiative signal an impending surge for a new national egalitarian politics?

Any solution to the vast national divide the 2016 election has made plain needs to begin with a correct diagnosis. The data, for instance, show that Trump supporters have higher...

Running a profitable company and engaging in sustained activism on behalf of people and the planet is no easy task. Neither is writing a compelling book lighting the way for others to follow. Yvon Chouinard has done both.

A new study outlines the negative impact of contracting public services to private companies. 

Regardless of the rhetoric, there's no substitute for simply raising the minimum wage to boost income in rural areas.

Clinton’s plan to expand the federal estate tax on the wealthy represents a bold step towards addressing today’s skyrocketing inequality.