Yet again President Donald Trump has named someone to a top government post based on a commitment to toe the Republican…
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Divisive and nefarious political tricknologists often try to scare working Americans by claiming that immigrants are…
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One of President Trump’s major campaign promises, both in his original presidential campaign and during his midterm…
Last year, researchers at the University of Washington released an alarming study purporting to show that a minimum…
A new study by the Urban Institute published Tuesday found that 40 percent of Americans can’t meet at least one basic…
“Inequality,” particularly of the economic variety, can seem abstract. It sometimes fails to move us as much as it…
This piece is co-published with investigative reporting outlet Capital & Main.
The 2018 World Inequality Report highlights just how much worse inequality is in the US compared to in Western Europe.…
Wow—yesterday was bad, politically speaking. In fact, the past year and a half has been bad, politically speaking. But…
When you think of detention, you might get the sense that it’s something temporary, like after-school detention. But…
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Just like $2.5 trillion worth of companies around the world, the company publishing the story you are now reading is own…
The Trump administration is reportedly set to announce that Larry Kudlow will replace Gary Cohn as the head of the…
The Republican tax cut, which stands as the lone actual big legislative accomplishment of the Trump administration, was…
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The slow collapse of traditional retailing is attributable to Amazon more than any other single company. We’re sad to…
The United States is one of the wealthiest countries on earth. The small percentage of people who hoard that wealth are…
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