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Behind the GOP's populist facade lies a tax plan that would benefit corporations and wealthy households while cutting programs like Medicaid and SNAP. Read more to learn how their tax plan could actually impact working people.
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Eliana Golding

How stark racial disparities have long pervaded our financial services system, fueling and entrenching inequality, and why public banks are a transformative, equitable alternative.

Policy Briefs
Demos
New Economy Project
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A broken megaphone wrapped in red tape that is dotted with I Voted stickers
These proof of citizenship bills capitalize on anti-immigrant sentiment and perpetuate outright lies to justify restrictive practices that will make it harder for everyone to vote.
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Neda Khoshkhoo
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Tax themed monopoly board shows a rich person running away with money bags, leaving a working family at square one
Our Taxes Explained series aims to make tax policy clear and accessible. We want people to know what’s at stake and understand how Trump’s tax cuts are designed specifically to benefit the ultra-rich and corporations.
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Taifa Smith Butler

Tax Code Should Help Families Achieve Economic Security and Mobility

Policy Briefs
Eliana Golding

U.S. Tax Code Widens the Racial Wealth Divide

Policy Briefs
Eliana Golding
Daniella Zessoules

Lowering the corporate tax rate will cost the country at least $522 billion over 10 years, money that should be invested in public goods that benefit us all, not further enriching the already wealthy.

Policy Briefs
Eliana Golding

Today, congressional Republicans are pushing tax reform proposals that would cost the country over $5 trillion and would likely widen the racial wealth gap and slow economic growth.

Policy Briefs
Eliana Golding

In a fair tax system, everyone pays their fair share, no one pays more than they can afford, and the government raises enough money to fund public goods that benefit us all, like education, housing, transportation, and health care. But the current tax code is inequitable.

Policy Briefs
Eliana Golding

Discover how state and local policies can effectively protect workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively. This brief examines approaches to worker protection through federal funding opportunities and provides real-world examples of successful policy implementation by workers and

Policy Briefs
Nick Wertsch