| Sep 20, 2017 | Economy / BusinessWhat’s the largest personal stake a U.S. president has ever had in legislation he signed into law? Whatever it was, it’ll be dwarfed by what Donald Trump’s signature will be worth — to himself — if Congress passes his proposed tax plan and puts it on his desk....
| Sep 6, 2017 | Economy / BusinessSoon you’re going to hear about taxes. You’ll see images of families flashing across your TV screen while a soothing narrator assures you that the tax plan being debated in Washington really is good for you. The newspapers you read, the social media apps you...
| | Rights / DemocracyImagine a government-funded anti-poverty tool that encouraged people to work. Now imagine that it’s popular with both Democrats and Republicans, in red states and blue. Turns out we’ve had just such a tool since 1975: the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC....
| Jul 26, 2017 | Economy / BusinessAfter this summer, President Trump and the Republican Congress have one big item on their agenda: taxes. Specifically, cutting them for the rich. One tax they’ve got in their crosshairs is the estate tax — which they malign as “the death tax.” But...
| | Rights / DemocracyThis summer, a heroic group of good samaritans rescued nine stranded swimmers at a Florida beach by forming a human chain. Initially, two young boys were stranded in the ocean by a rip current. As adults swam out to try to save them and couldn’t return to shore...
