Blanche Lincoln Is Helping Big Business Fight Biden’s Tax Hike
The former conservative Democratic senator is opposing Joe Biden’s planned corporate tax hike on behalf of a corporate front group.
Economic Policy
Landmark Case Could End Biden’s Student Debt Prison
The Supreme Court may consider a case that could defang Biden’s bankruptcy bill and protect people being crushed by college debt.
The IRS Is Letting Rich People Fleece Everyone Else
New data show a huge drop in tax audits of the wealthy and corporations — now progressive lawmakers are pushing for a crackdown.
A Big Win Against Anti-Tax Zealotry
Last-minute language slipped into the American Rescue Plan is designed to prevent stimulus money from subsidizing new tax cuts for the rich.
Biden & Student Debt: A 40-Year Love Affair
In his new fight with Elizabeth Warren, the president is falsely insinuating that student debt relief would help rich people.
Biden & Student Debt: A 40-Year Love Affair
In his new fight with Elizabeth Warren, the president is falsely insinuating that student debt relief would help rich people.
Lies, Damn Lies, And Fact Checking
Jeff Bezos’s newspaper is weaponizing fact checking to slander Bernie Sanders and defend GOP tax cuts that enrich billionaires and Amazon. Democracy dies in darkness.
Regulators Are Letting Banks Enrich Shareholders As Crisis Looms
As economic trouble mounts, Trump officials are letting Wall Street banks pay out billions in dividends to shareholders.
Rule Forces Banks To Boost Fossil Fuel Development
A Trump-appointed regulator is trying to make it impossible for Wall Street to divest from the oil and gas industry.