Stark differences color red- and blue-state lawmakers’ policy choices—which makes all the difference in residents’ well-being.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
We Can and Should Address Racial Disparities
Most of the programs that would be most beneficial to racial equality are actually universal policies.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
CEO Compensation Skyrockets While Workers’ Pay Barely Keeps Up
Executive total compensation surged nearly 13% in 2023, outpacing both inflation and worker pay increases.
Posted inThe Good Life
Locating Ourselves in the Wreckage of Neoliberalism
Democracy Schools and other community listening sessions can bring together people of different experiences around common themes.
Posted inThe Good Life
Psychological Reparations
Investments to repair racial harms are critical. But so is paying attention to the inner lives of Black Americans.
Posted inPolitics
The Congressional Progressive Caucus Agenda for 2025
Democrats got a lot done in President Biden’s first term. But more is needed.
Posted inBooks
Antitax Nation
Michael Graetz’s new book explains how clever marketing duped America into shoveling more tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations.
Posted inPodcasts
Dark Brandon’s Deep Cuts
A lot is at stake for the working class in this election.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How the Welfare State Fails the Poor
A bureaucratic paper chase undermines compassion and practical help for the needy, while Wall Street gets whatever it wants. It doesn’t have to be that way.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Municipal Broadband Solution
A federal affordable internet program is ending. But muni-owned broadband networks have figured out how to deliver affordable high-speed internet access themselves.