Biden Doesn’t Need to Wait for Congress to Begin Transforming the Economy
The president’s State of the Union address tasked Congress with an ambitious agenda, but Biden needs to do much more on his own to reduce inequality.
Taxes
President Trump Axed an IRS Report on the Richest 400 Americans. Let’s Bring It Back.
Turning up the spotlight on tax dodging by the wealthy would increase momentum for fair taxation to pay for needed public investments.
America’s Inherited Wealth Dynasties Park Trillions Out of Reach of Taxation
A new report estimates that $21 trillion of that wealth will pass internally within America’s already dynastically wealthy families between now and 2045.
Two Sides, Same Coin: Suppressing Votes, Cutting Rich People’s Taxes
State lawmakers are moving hard and fast to keep their wealthy backers wealthy.
Report: Taxing the World’s Richest Would Raise US $2.52 Trillion a Year
A new joint report from Fight Inequality Alliance, Institute for Policy Studies, Oxfam, and Patriotic Millionaires details what can be funded by simply taxing the rich.
A Perfect Storm Has Elon Musk Paying $11 Billion in Tax
But our only quarter-trillionaire is still not paying anything close to his fair tax share.
Rev. Barber: ‘Our Deadline is Victory’
The Poor People’s Campaign and progressive members of Congress vow to continue the fight for the Build Back Better Act.
The Year in Inequality in 10 Charts
Our economic and racial divides grew even wider in 2021, but there are signs of hope for a more equitable future.
A Last-Ditch Effort to Eliminate a Tax Dodge for Super-Rich Private Equity Executives
In the final stretch of Build Back Better Act negotiations, fair tax advocates are pushing Senator Sinema and other holdouts to end the carried interest loophole.