Waiter, Am I Subsidizing Your Pay?

Waiter, Am I Subsidizing Your Pay?

Late April doesn’t just bring flocks of tourists to Washington. It’s when hundreds of members of the National Restaurant Association — a.k.a. the “other NRA” — swarm Capitol Hill for two intensive days of lobbying. With a $65 million budget and...
Hiding Profits in Slimy Offshore Wormholes

Hiding Profits in Slimy Offshore Wormholes

The dictionary defines the caterpillar as a “wormlike larva” and a “crawler.” Also, that “pillar” part of the word is derived from a French verb that means to “pillage, abuse, mistreat.” Good to know. Now, meet...
Rigging the Electoral System for the Rich

Rigging the Electoral System for the Rich

A poll conducted late last year found that more than seven in ten voters think our election system is “biased in favor of the candidate with the most money.” While nothing about this number is surprising — except, perhaps, that it’s not even higher —...
Lobbying to Sustain Inequality

Lobbying to Sustain Inequality

Congress will soon vote on a measure that would raise the national minimum wage to $10.10 and bring the tipped wage to 70 percent of the full minimum. The Fair Minimum Wage Act would give millions of American workers a long-overdue raise. Today’s $7.25-per-hour...