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Amid Defensive Organizing, We Must Think Through a New Politics
The Trump team grows larger and, with it, the weight of just how grand defensive actions will need to be. Everything is at risk.
Cleaning the Corporate Dirt From the GOP Budget
Lawmakers are now working on a budget that could make or break the balance sheet for families.
Direct Democracy Is Starting to Shape City Budgets in Some US Communities
A new tool called participatory budgeting is boosting confidence among citizens in working with neighbors to solve problems together.
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Where Has All the Money for Our Schools Gone?
New government spending data could reveal how tax breaks for big businesses leave K-12 school funding out to dry.
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Meet the Citizens Who Helped Decide Their City’s Budget — and Got Better Bus Stops
Participatory budgeting, or PB for short, is the idea that putting some of the power of the purse directly in the hands of citizens can pay powerful dividends.
Brazil’s New Government Is Already Planning to Balance the Budget on the Backs of the Poor
Brazil's new right-wing government plans to balance the budget by imposing austerity measures on the nation's poor people.
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What a Budget That Invests in the American People Looks Like
The People's Budge offers a fiscal policy that boosts both short- and long-term economic growth, while also reducing the deficit.
Patently Absurd Logic on Budget Deficits and Debt
The government is not like a family that has to pay off its debt.
Huge Divide in Spending on Climate Change Adaptation Across World’s Megacities
How much cities around the world are doing to make themselves more resilient is hard to establish.
Obama’s Last Budget May Be Ignored by the GOP
Throughout the Obama administration, the divide between Congress and the White House has been growing steadily wider.