Trump’s infrastructure plans could raise costs, enrich financiers, and fleece the public.
Cities & Communities
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trickle Upper: Portland Cracks Down on Excessive CEO Pay
In 2017, Portland, Oregon, will become the first city to impose a surtax on companies with CEOs who make more than 100 times their workers’ median pay-an idea that was floated by Prospect executive editor Harold Meyerson two years ago. “If congressional liberals want to diminish economic inequality, they should also promote legislation that would […]
Posted inHousing and Transportation
The Art of the Infrastructure Deal
Donald Trump may want to see serious dollars invested in infrastructure, but can he wring trillions out of Mitch McConnell?
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Ben Carson, the GOP, and Subsidized Housing
Conservatives will tap into Clinton-era thinking on welfare reform to reshape public housing and voucher programs
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why Trump Picked Ben Carson as HUD Secretary
Donald Trump’s “edifice complex” explains his ill-advised choice of the completely inexperienced Ben Carson to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Steve Mnuchin: Evictor, Forecloser, and Our New Treasury Secretary
Trump’s appointee is the very model of a predatory lender.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Immigrant Communities Brace for Trump
Donald Trump promised to deport two million “criminal illegal immigrants” in his first 100 days in office. Immigrants and their allies are already organizing, protesting, and defending “sanctuary cities.”
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can Cities Protect Their Immigrants from Trump?
In the name of human decency—and law and order—many have pledged to try.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Photo Essay: Anti-Trump Protesters and Immigrant Advocates Demonstrate in New York
Trump Tower became a magnet for those protesting the election of Donald Trump.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Infrastructure: Can We Finally Think Big?
The defining challenge of the next president’s infrastructure agenda will be persuading Congress to come along for the ride.
