Last year I was vacationing with some friends when we flagged a cab to our hotel. I was annoyed that the meter seemed to be running fast — $32 to travel three miles seemed excessive, but I handed my ...

The House plan would disproportionately benefit top earners and sacrifice significant federal revenue — without increasing ...

Our capital gains effective tax rate shrinks as the gains grow in size and duration, inviting the tax dodge that’s driving ...

I’m one of the many laid-off federal employees who worked to prevent, predict, and repair hurricane damage — and I fear for ...

Increasing taxes on high income earners helped raise revenue without hampering the wealth of the millionaire class in Massachusetts and Washington, according to a new policy brief from the Institute ...

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On May Day, we remember the long – and ongoing – struggle for worker’s rights. But there is a part of that story that we seldom acknowledge: the role of young people in the labor movement. Traditional ...

The Trump Administration has been reviving plans to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). But many lawmakers don’t like the idea, including some from President Donald Trump’s own party. “We are ...

On the evening of November 5, 2024, I sat at a gathering of organizers and volunteers from the campaign to pass Proposition 139, a citizen-driven initiative in Arizona seeking to enshrine abortion ...

This week marks the end of the first 100 days of the second Trump administration. The president campaigned as a champion of working class voters. But straight out of the blocks, his policy choices ...