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Deploying the National Guard against D.C.’s unhoused population costs four times more than simply housing them. And that’s ...
Trade policy can protect domestic workers, but tariffs only work if used in confluence with other industrial policy ...
Donors disproportionately use donor-advised funds to support politically engaged charities. Anonymity is often a big reason ...
At the 100 largest low-wage corporations, CEO pay and stock buybacks have soared since 2019 while median worker pay has lagged behind U.S. inflation.
With Trump and the GOP slashing essential services to enrich the wealthy, states and cities need to get creative in taking ...
New research from the Center for Working-Class Politics shows that progressive economic policies can bring working-class Trump supporters back into the Democratic Party.
The private jet lobby is pushing hard for a massive tax break for billionaires and centi-millionaires that use the most polluting form of transportation on the planet. Legislation rapidly moving ...
Senate Republicans are rushing to overcome their own differences and challenges from the parliamentarian to pass their version of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” If the final law is ...
President Trump is now promoting $5-million “gold card” tickets to U.S. citizenship for wealthy foreigners, with no obligation to create good jobs for Americans. Many immigrants, meanwhile, face ...
An income tax rate of over 100 percent would be hard for anyone to sustain. At a rate a smidge over 100 percent, our deepest pockets might be able to get by if they drew down their wealth or borrowed ...
Amazon workers at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island shocked the world in 2022 when they voted to form the first American union at the e-commerce giant. A new documentary — Union — gives a behind-the ...