Republicans in Congress are jamming through a sweeping bill to fund handouts to the rich — at the cost of jobs, health care, ...

How do inequality and health relate? Increasing evidence from scientists the world over indicates that many health outcomes — everything from life expectancy to infant mortality and obesity — can be ...

Last year I was vacationing with some friends when we flagged a cab to our hotel. I was annoyed that the meter seemed to be running fast — $32 to travel three miles seemed excessive, but I handed my ...

The House plan would disproportionately benefit top earners and sacrifice significant federal revenue — without increasing ...

The House plan would disproportionately benefit top earners and sacrifice significant federal revenue — without increasing GDP.

Donald Trump thinks that young girls should get by with fewer dolls, but there is apparently no limit to the number of regulatory gifts he is offering Corporate America. Long-standing rules are being ...

The prospect of war with Iran is terrifying. Experts predict as many as a million people could die if the current tensions lead to a full-blown war. Millions more would become refugees across the ...

Increasing taxes on high income earners helped raise revenue without hampering the wealth of the millionaire class in Massachusetts and Washington, according to a new policy brief from the Institute ...

For years, rogue corporations have in effect gotten away with murder through a system that allows them to avoid prosecution for serious offenses by promising to change their ways and paying affordable ...

The top tax rate wealthy Americans pay on their investment gains today runs barely half the top rate the rest of us pay on our wages. But that only begins to tell the story of how lightly taxed our ...