A Fair Tax Agenda for Wall Street
Congress should use taxes to generate new revenue from Wall Street firms and executives and to curb excessive CEO pay, unproductive short-term financial speculation, and wasteful stock buybacks.
Wealth Concentration
Millennials’ Wealth Is Finally Growing — But So Is Inequality
The relatively decent financial state of Millennials as a whole is buoyed by the few that are wildly wealthy while the majority struggle.
I Got Help. Now I Give Back. That’s How a Healthy Society Should Work.
If lawmakers slash the social safety net any further, millions of stories like mine won't be possible.
Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts Paved the Way for Inflation
The former president made it more profitable for companies to gouge us. When those cuts expire next year, we’ll have an opportunity to get our money back.
I Run a Food Pantry but It’s Not Enough. We Need Funding for SNAP.
I’m proud to help my neighbors. But food donations are no substitute for government nutrition programs like SNAP, which is now under threat.
Looking for a Better Paying Job? Good News
The Biden administration is cracking down on “noncompete clauses,” which employers use to bar their workers from finding better opportunities.
Some People Have All the Luck
...and an outrageously large share of the wealth the rest of us have created
Restaurant Workers Deserve a Livable Wage, Too
The federal minimum wage for tipped workers hasn’t gone up in over 30 years. Workers in several states are taking on the industry to change that.