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Taxes
How Progressive States Could Fight Back Against the Republican Tax Scam
An employer-side payroll tax is a great way for progressive states to fight back.
GOP Tax Plan Ignites Widespread Confusion as Property Owners Rush for 2018 Payments
Taxpayers left in limbo over new deduction rules.
The GOP’s Tax Scam Is a Big Win for Investors in Mass Incarceration
Mass incarceration is about to get even more profitable.
William Rivers Pitt | Peace: A Christmas Present to Yourself
Peace and endurance will find justice one day.
The GOP Tax Bill Is an Attack on Those With Disabilities
CounterSpin interviews Rebecca Cokley, a senior fellow of disability policy at the Center for American Progress.
Though GOP Says Tax Plan Doesn’t Favor the Rich, Paul Ryan Ties Reforms to Welfare Cuts
The GOP has been calling for legislation that would add work requirements to food stamps and housing benefits.
William Rivers Pitt | They Cheered When This Tax Bill Passed: Always Remember That
When Trump signs this bill, he'll be signing a check to himself.
UN Special Rapporteur Says Tax Bill Will Make the US “World Champion of Extreme Inequality”
As Congress prepares to vote on the tax bill, the United Nations has issued a scathing report on poverty in the US.
Dreaming of a Green Shutdown, 42 Senate Democrats Vow to Filibuster Must-Pass Funding Bill
Senate Democrats are vowing to filibuster an impending must-pass funding bill.
Raging Granny Ruth Takes on the GOP Tax Bill
87-year-old Ruth Ralph was arrested in DC for protesting the GOP tax bill and advocating for health care coverage.