This post was guest authored by Meredith Chaffin. Communities across the United States have faced difficulties at nearly every turn...
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The Hidden Racism of the Tax Code: a fireside chat with Dr. Dorothy A. Brown & Dr. Darrick Hamilton
On December 9, the Take on Wall Street campaign of Americans for Financial Reform hosted a virtual fireside chat with...
It’s almost the new year. Let’s make sure private equity barons leave their favorite tax giveaway in 2021
Much like corporate raiders of the 1980s, the massive private equity industry spent the Covid-19 pandemic increasingly expanding their control...
Record Corporate Profits, Record Stock Buybacks & the Plan to Tax Them
This post was authored by Porter McConnell & Mandla Deskins. While Black, white, and Brown working people are struggling to...
NEW SITE: Was our economy designed to be fair?
This post was authored by Ericka Taylor, Popular Education Manager at Take on Wall Street. At Take on Wall Street,...
Why Louis DeJoy is Still Postmaster General
This post was guest authored by Vanessa Chebli. Is that guy still running the post office ?? — Henry...
OpenGate Capital Shuts Gate on Janesville Plant
This post was guest authored by Elisa McCartin. On May 27, 2021, 166 workers in Janesville, Wisconsin awoke to a...
We Stand with the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community
This post was guest authored by Surina Goel. We stand with the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in...
The House Always Wins if You Own the House: Private Equity Housing Billionaires during COVID-19
This post was guest authored by Madeleine Johnsson Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation’s 61 billionaire-landlords saw...
If we want to renew democracy, we need to tax the ultra-wealthy
This piece was guest authored by Madeleine Johnsson. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2021...