Julia Rosen / Investigate WestAug 24, 2023
Efforts to enforce progressive taxation have long been blocked by conservative groups, with backing from big business. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )
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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 )
LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated PressMar 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 )
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Jim Hightower / OtherWordsNov 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 )
JOSEF FEDERMAN / The Associated PressFeb 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 )
Alec MacGillis / ProPublicaNov 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 )
By Deirdre Fulton / Common DreamsMar 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 )
Paul Street / TruthdigFeb 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 )
By Alec MacGillis / ProPublicaOct 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 )
Robert Reich / TruthdigOct 14, 2014
What justifies so much government spending per student in private elite universities relative to public ones? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 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 )
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