| Nov 14, 2011 | Cartoon|Peace / Security
| | Economy / BusinessWe’ve fought hard, ‘Gainst foreign foes; It’s our own rich, Who cause our woes. Between 1979 and 2007, the after-tax household income of America’s most affluent 1 percent ballooned by 275 percent, while the bottom 20 percent’s income...
| Nov 7, 2011 | Economy / BusinessOver a quarter century ago, in 1984, the Washington, D.C.-based Citizens for Tax Justice released its first in-depth report on how much America’s top profitable corporations were actually paying in taxes. America’s top companies, this initial study found,...
| | Roundup|UncategorizedIn this week’s OtherWords editorial package, William A. Collins, Donald Kaul, and Gerald Scorse look at the intersection of wealth and taxes. Scorse proposes a deficit-shrinking end to the gap between the taxes on capital gains and income that would raise more...
| | Rights / DemocracyThe Obama administration, which is currently deporting a record 400,000 people each year, took a minor step to protect immigrants. Now many Republicans are accusing him of treason. “Potential illegal immigrants may surge across the border making it difficult for...
