Behind the GOP's populist facade lies a tax plan that would benefit corporations and wealthy households while cutting ...

The freedom to vote is America’s most important political right outside of the original Bill of Rights, and it is also the most hard-won right. In the early years of our republic, only white ...

Walmart's raises to $9 an hour in 2015 and then to $10 an hour in 2016 is a positive step forward, but it still falls short of giving workers the wages they need. Walmart’s forthcoming wage hike to ...

Generations of black women have learned to be solution-oriented and resourceful, often ‘making a way out of no way.’ Their political participation is part of a history of survival. Progressive women ...

The Great Recession of 2008— caused by decades of corporate consolidation, deregulation, and predatory mortgage lending— nearly brought down the global economy. In response, the United States ...

Hurricane Harvey struck Harris County, Texas—which includes the city of Houston—in August 2017, and a year later many residents still had blue tarps draped over gaping holes in their homes.1 ...

Over the last half-century, affluent Americans have turned out to vote at significantly higher rates than lower-income Americans. On the surface, this would seem to pose a serious problem for equal ...

Decisions drawing on credit data reproduce and spread existing racial inequality, making it harder to achieve true economic equity. Credit reports and scores directly impact Americans’ economic ...

A full analysis of the latest Supreme Court term, including a breakdown of their most recent decisions and an explanation of the path to reform the Court. [T]he nine Supreme Court justices comprise ...

Is "generational theft" a bunch of nonsense aimed at bolstering the campaign to cut Social Security and Medicare? Yes and no. In critiquing the arguments of billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller, who's ...

Inequality is growing because the increased wealth of the wealthiest no longer spawns income opportunities for the less well-off households and may actually diminish them. How nice to start a week ...