News | Economy & Labor 2020 Budget Proposal Would Underfund Health, Job Training, Education Programs The Senate Appropriations Committee is proposing up to $2.7 billion in cuts to labor, health and education programs. By Jennifer Beltrán , CenteronBudgetandPolicyPriorities October 10, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Tax the Rich Before the Rest Candidates should pledge that the middle class won't any new taxes until billionaires put up at least $1 trillion. By Chuck Collins , OtherWords September 8, 2019 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Will the Government Shut Down Over Trump’s $5 Billion Border Wall? A shutdown over the holiday season would harm federal employees and the US economy. By Lindsay Koshgarian , Truthout December 20, 2018 Truthout
News Analysis | Where Your Dollars Are Going: Why Some Antiwar Activists Are Withholding Taxes Antiwar activists fed up of seeing 23 percent of their income taxes go toward US warmongering are refusing to pay. By Lindsay Koshgarian , Truthout April 18, 2017 Truthout
News | The Aging City: In a Migrant Metropolis, When New Arrivals Grow Old, Where Do They Go? New York's low-income immigrant seniors are at increased risk of hunger under Trump's massive social spending cuts. By Michelle Chen , Truthout April 1, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | The Irony of Trump’s Attack on the National Endowment for the Arts Providing security for Trump's residence in New York costs taxpayers twice the annual federal budget for the arts. By Henry Godinez , Truthout February 13, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor The Steep Cost of Tax Dodging The Panama Papers are making clear how tax evasive practices contribute to inequality on a global scale. By Jasmine Tucker , Truthout April 18, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Maya Schenwar | To Make Health Care for All a Reality, Stop Killing People Much of our tax money that could be funding universal health care is instead funneled toward prisons, policing and war. By Maya Schenwar , Truthout February 19, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Tax (Break) Day While corporations contribute less to federal revenues, individual Americans are making up the difference. By Jasmine Tucker , Truthout April 15, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | How Does Obama’s Education Budget Stack Up Against US Citizens’ Priorities? Is Obama's proposal of steering 2 percent of the federal budget to education enough? By Jasmine Tucker , Truthout March 4, 2015 Truthout