Don’t Shred the Safety Net — Expand It
Conservative lawmakers are threatening to slash the programs that helped my family escape poverty. We should be doing the opposite.
Conservative lawmakers are threatening to slash the programs that helped my family escape poverty. We should be doing the opposite.
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.
A set of our hot takes from the National Philanthropic Trust’s latest report on DAFs.
The push for higher salaries for top honchos at the rail- road caused the derailment that ended up with a mushroom cloud of toxic chemicals hovering over East Palestine, killing thousands of animals including family pets and sickening residents and workers.
The majority of us support debt relief, but lobbyist-backed lawsuits are holding back Americans from achieving a better life.
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.
A long-awaited Senate hearing drew laughter from observers as the outgoing Starbucks CEO claimed he’s no union-buster, despite dozens of complaints from the nation’s top labor board.
Since 2008, growth in the average Wall Street bonus has far outstripped wage growth for ordinary U.S. workers.