Tax Cuts

Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman tells Bill Moyers that saving money is not the path to economic recovery.

Paul Krugman: If Mr. Obama stands his ground in the debt ceiling confrontation, the fiscal cliff deal wonu2019t look bad in retrospect.

Reluctant members of Senate return to their jobs early from Christmas vacation with one thing in full agreement: they all would rather be at home.

Stagnating real wages for low- and middle-income earners is the ultimate source of the widening US income gap.

The American people reelected President Obama on the promise that he would continue to be a champion for the American people, a task that requires more action and less …

Jubilee USA Network activates 250 faith communities and national network to hold corporations accountable by demanding that they pay their fair share to avoid the fiscal cliff.

Do you support Truthout's reporting and analysis? Click here to help us continue doing this work in 2013! Generally political analyses of the last four years suffer from two …

The vice presidential debate was a contest between a genuine political veteran and a wooden marionette.

James Kwak explains how understanding the tax policies of each Presidential candidate is not simple matter of rounding up.

Obama and most Democrats are so dependent on contributions and support from business and the rich that they dare not discuss, let alone implement, the kinds of policies Roosevelt …