Economic Justice

The Long Struggle Over Taxing the Rich

Julia Rosen / Investigate West Aug 24, 2023 Efforts to enforce progressive taxation have long been blocked by conservative groups, with backing from big business. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

American Families Deserve a Coronavirus Bailout, Not Industries

Truthdig Mar 12, 2020 Lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis show that taxpayer-funded blank checks to institutions do nothing to help those struggling Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Congress Wary of Trump’s Tax Break Plan to Address Virus Crisis

LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press Mar 10, 2020 The president, feeling pressure over outbreak and its financial fallout, meets with GOP allies who aren't inclined to spend more as of now. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump’s Latest Handout to His Rich Buddies Is Unbelievable

Jim Hightower / OtherWords Nov 26, 2019 The beneficiaries of the president's special tax incentives to spur investment in poverty projects are far from destitute. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Israeli Police Recommend Indictments Against Prime Minister

JOSEF FEDERMAN / The Associated Press Feb 13, 2018 Benjamin Netanyahu angrily rejects the accusations, which include accepting nearly $300,000 in gifts from a pair of billionaires. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Billionaires’ Tax Loophole Survives Again, Despite Trump Campaign Pledge

Alec MacGillis / ProPublica Nov 5, 2017 The treatment of carried interest wouldn’t change in the Republicans' plan, retaining a big benefit for private-equity and hedge-fund titans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

GOP Plan Would Dismantle Much of Obamacare and Cut Taxes for the Rich

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Mar 8, 2017 The proposed American Health Care Act abandons many of President Trump's campaign commitments while unraveling key aspects of the existing law. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Will Continue to Scam the White Working Class. Here’s How to Stop Him.

Paul Street / Truthdig Feb 16, 2017 Progressives need to sharpen their understanding of why blue-collar Americans voted a billionaire into the White House and find a way to connect with them. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Fact-Checking Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on the Billionaires’ Tax Break

By Alec MacGillis / ProPublica Oct 16, 2016 When the presidential candidates vowed in their second debate to eliminate the “carried-interest” loophole, they left out some important context. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Tax Bracketology

Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News, Cagle Cartoons Mar 20, 2015 Dig deeper

How Taxpayers Unknowingly Fund Elite Private Universities as Public School Subsidies Shrink

Robert Reich / Truthdig Oct 14, 2014 What justifies so much government spending per student in private elite universities relative to public ones? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

David Cay Johnston: Budget Deal ‘Makes Absolutely No Sense’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 16, 2013 A House-approved bipartisan budget deal will be considered by the Senate this week. The Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter tells "Democracy Now!" how it replaces across-the-board spending cuts with airline fees and reductions in federal pensions while failing to extend unemployment benefits, which expire this month, to 1.3 million people. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )