The Tax Breaks That Are Killing the Planet The Tax Breaks That Are Killing the Planet
In the face of a changing climate and a constrained domestic budget, the lunacy of fossil fuel subsidies is hard to overstate.
Apr 15, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Why We Can’t Strip Race Out of the Gender Wage Gap Conversation Why We Can’t Strip Race Out of the Gender Wage Gap Conversation
There’s no objective explanation for why black women make less than white women.
Apr 15, 2014 / Bryce Covert
7 Facts About Our Broken Tax System 7 Facts About Our Broken Tax System
On Tax Day, it’s worth thinking about the ways to make the American tax system better.
Apr 15, 2014 / George Zornick
A. Philip Randolph Was Right: ‘We Will Need To Continue Demonstrations’ A. Philip Randolph Was Right: ‘We Will Need To Continue Demonstrations’
Why we still need a “Freedom Budget for All Americans.”
Apr 15, 2014 / John Nichols
Thomas Piketty and Millennial Marxists on the Scourge of Inequality Thomas Piketty and Millennial Marxists on the Scourge of Inequality
Capitalism’s new critics take on an economics run amok.
Apr 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Shenk
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[VIDEO] Thomas Piketty: Is Inequality Inevitable? [VIDEO] Thomas Piketty: Is Inequality Inevitable?
How to avoid the slide toward a world of increasingly separated haves and have-nots.
Apr 14, 2014 / The Graduate Center, CUNY
What the French E-mail Meme Reveals About America’s Runaway Culture of Work What the French E-mail Meme Reveals About America’s Runaway Culture of Work
Do limits on after-hours e-mail reflect French culture’s laziness or American culture’s malaise?
Apr 14, 2014 / Michelle Chen
‘Bogus and Unconscionably High Fees’: How Tax Preparers Are Preying on Low-Income People ‘Bogus and Unconscionably High Fees’: How Tax Preparers Are Preying on Low-Income People
Stephen Black appears on Melissa Harris-Perry to discuss how predators set up shop and grab a cut of their victims’ tax refunds.
Apr 14, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Why Do Bosses Want Their Employees’ Salaries to Be Secret? Why Do Bosses Want Their Employees’ Salaries to Be Secret?
The struggle for fair pay isn’t captured in wage statistics; it’s part of a struggle against the asymmetry of knowledge that divides management and labor.
Apr 11, 2014 / Michelle Chen
The World Bank’s Waste of Energy The World Bank’s Waste of Energy
Expanding energy access makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is using a failed scheme—like carbon trading—to pay for it.
Apr 11, 2014 / Janet Redman and Foreign Policy In Focus