This Loophole Will Let Hedge-Fund Managers Dodge $18 Billion in Taxes This Year This Loophole Will Let Hedge-Fund Managers Dodge $18 Billion in Taxes This Year
That money could be a whole lot better used.
Apr 12, 2017 / Robert Greenwald and Charles Khan
Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates
It is time to revive a peace and justice movement calling for the United States to stop its endless wars and turn its resources and attention to rebuilding our own country.
Apr 4, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
One of Trump’s Biggest Donors Thinks Cats Have More Value Than Welfare Recipients One of Trump’s Biggest Donors Thinks Cats Have More Value Than Welfare Recipients
An interview with New Yorker writer Jane Mayer on her research into the darkest reaches of right-wing political funding.
Mar 24, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Trump’s SEC Nominee Has a Major Conflict-of-Interest Problem Trump’s SEC Nominee Has a Major Conflict-of-Interest Problem
Jay Clayton is tied to big banks and corporations—and that could hold up fraud enforcement.
Mar 23, 2017 / David Dayen
Jane Mayer on the Reclusive Billionaire Who Made Trump President Jane Mayer on the Reclusive Billionaire Who Made Trump President
Plus, Rick Perlstein on Trump and Nixon, and Steve Wasserman on Tom Hayden.
Mar 23, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Here’s What You Need to Know About the Federal Reserve Here’s What You Need to Know About the Federal Reserve
We demand way too much from the central bank—but that’s because our elected politicians have done almost nothing to revive the economy.
Mar 17, 2017 / William Greider
Trump Is Fighting a New Trade War—and This One Is Intramural Trump Is Fighting a New Trade War—and This One Is Intramural
A nasty White House battle has broken out between right-wing nationalists and globalist financiers.
Mar 16, 2017 / William Greider
Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Would Have Been Just 3 Percent Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Would Have Been Just 3 Percent
Unsurprisingly, Trump wants to get rid of the alternative minimum tax. We need to reform it instead.
Mar 15, 2017 / Helaine Olen
How Banks Want To Make It Easier To Launder Money How Banks Want To Make It Easier To Launder Money
What are the limits to financial sector greed?
Feb 22, 2017 / David Dayen
It’s Time for the Congressional Progressive Caucus to Raise Its Game It’s Time for the Congressional Progressive Caucus to Raise Its Game
The CPC must move from being the conscience of the Democratic caucus to being its captain, from defining the alternative to defining the agenda.
Feb 8, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel