Greg Daugherty has worked 25+ years as an editor and writer for major publications and websites. He is also the author of two books. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

The product of years of Republican effort, the American tax code now blends traditional supply-side economics with President Trump’s populist 2024 campaign promises. By Andrew Duehren Reporting from ...

People across the country already struggle to exercise economic and political control over their own lives, and there may be imminent changes in economic and tax policy that could make things worse.1 ...

Progressive reforms to the tax code can help support college access and affordability, and benefit student-loan borrowers. The United States tax code is full of provisions designed to encourage or ...

Just last week, the Biden administration revealed a Build Back Better framework that proposes a new surtax on high-income taxpayers and other tax code reforms to pay for $550 billion of spending ...

In her book The Second Estate, Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax system lets the ultra-rich grow their wealth tax-free while working Americans bear the burden. Officially, at least, the United ...

That leaves the big question of when his new tax package will actually move forward. “The House seems to want to do it earlier; the Senate maybe later,” says Garrett Watson, senior policy analyst and ...

The U.S. tax system privileges wealth accumulation over income earned from work, allowing the ultrarich to exponentially grow their wealth and pass it on without ever paying taxes. Due to our history ...