Economy

US Uncut Targets Corporate Tax Evaders US Uncut Targets Corporate Tax Evaders

The fast-growing protest group believes that instead of asking citizens to sacrifice, government should demand that corporations pay their taxes.

May 11, 2011 / Feature / Allison Kilkenny

A Fair Tax on Millionaires A Fair Tax on Millionaires

Why should those worth hundreds of millions pay tax at the same rate as those who are middle class?

May 11, 2011 / Feature / Mark Engler

No Free Ride for Finance No Free Ride for Finance

A financial activities tax (FAT) would encourage long-term investing and help plug budget deficits. Can states rally to pass them?

May 11, 2011 / Feature / Dean Baker

US Uncut Brings Its Lesson to a Corporate Tax Dodger US Uncut Brings Its Lesson to a Corporate Tax Dodger

On April 30, US Uncut protesters came to New York CIty to hold classes in lobbies of one of the biggest corporate tax dodgers in the US: Bank of America.

May 11, 2011 / Video / The Nation

How Mississippi’s Floods Highlight America’s Inequality How Mississippi’s Floods Highlight America’s Inequality

Major disasters show us how interdependent people are in this country and force us to better understand how we can work together in communities and in government.

May 10, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Badgering Students to Fork Over Alumni Donations Badgering Students to Fork Over Alumni Donations

A University of Pennsylvania student describes the pressure to begin alumni donations—even before he's picked up his diploma.

May 10, 2011 / StudentNation / Aaron Ross

Cut Medicare? No Way! Make It ‘Medicare for All’! Cut Medicare? No Way! Make It ‘Medicare for All’!

Senator Bernie Sanders is back with a plan for real health care reform. Instead of cutting Medicare, as Paul Ryan proposes, he wants to respond to our health-care crisis with ...

May 10, 2011 / John Nichols

The NFL Would Do Us a Favor by Calling Off the Coming Season The NFL Would Do Us a Favor by Calling Off the Coming Season

The upcoming pro football season is in danger of being canceled because of a little dust-up between millionaires and billionaires.

May 10, 2011 / Robert Lipsyte

Sixty-Five Arrested at Kickoff of California Teachers’ Protest

Sixty-Five Arrested at Kickoff of California Teachers’ Protest Sixty-Five Arrested at Kickoff of California Teachers’ Protest

Police arrested dozens of protesters at the kickoff of California Teachers' "State of Emergency" protest.

May 10, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny

‘The Worst I’ve Seen by Far’: Budget Cuts Meet Poverty in the Heartland

‘The Worst I’ve Seen by Far’: Budget Cuts Meet Poverty in the Heartland ‘The Worst I’ve Seen by Far’: Budget Cuts Meet Poverty in the Heartland

In Appalachian Ohio, long lines at food pantries show just how wrongheaded a plan for economic recovery based on cutting assistance to the poor really is.

May 9, 2011 / Greg Kaufmann

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