| Apr 10, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyEver wonder where your taxes go? Each year, the Institute for Policy Studies releases a tax receipt so you can find out. One item always stands out: the Pentagon — and the contractors who profit off it. In 2023, the average taxpayer spent $2,974 on the Pentagon. Of...
| Apr 8, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyWartime profiteering has been as common in our country as war itself. Indeed, during the American Revolution assorted corrupt merchants and traders lined their pockets by controlling the supply and jacking up the prices on various goods they sold to the Continental...
| Jan 7, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / SecurityThe prospect of war with Iran is terrifying. Experts predict as many as a million people could die if the current tensions lead to a full-blown war. Millions more would become refugees across the Middle East, while working families across the U.S. would bear the brunt...
| Aug 28, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyThe Constitution guarantees “freedom of speech,” the right to “peaceably assemble,” and the right to petition for “a redress of grievances.” Yet these civil rights are commonly denied to workers. Sure, we can say what we want, but we pay a high price to speak — often...
| Apr 8, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / SecurityIn tax season, most of us think more about getting our forms in on time — and getting our refunds — than about where our tax dollars actually go. It’s probably no surprise that a significant portion — 24 cents out of every dollar — of your taxes go to the...
