A Philando Castile Charity Just Wiped Out School Lunch Debt in His Old District
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Thousands of school kids in Minnesota can now eat school lunches without incurring more debt, thanks to Philando Castile. Castile was a popular school nutrition supervisor in St. Paul before he was shot and killed by police in July 2016. Since his death, which was…
The GOP Wants to Slash Food Stamps. Here’s Why That’s a Stupid Idea.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress have publicly flaunted their desire to slash food aid for the poor. The deficit-swelling tax cut package they passed in late 2017 will embolden their efforts later this year, when the twice-a-decade farm bill—which funds the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
It’s Been 50 Years Since MLK Jr. Declared War on Poverty. The Economy for Black Americans Still Stinks
Horace Cort/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As Americans reflect on the first Martin Luther King Jr. Day of the Trump administration and prepare for the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination, it’s as good a time as any to measure our world against the one Dr. King dared us…
Trump Just Signed a $1.5 Trillion Tax Cut for the Rich. Here’s How We Could Have Spent That Money.
Mike_Kiev/iStock/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump signed the sweeping Republican $1.5 trillion tax bill on Friday morning, ballooning the country’s deficit in order to cut taxes for corporations and America’s wealthiest households, including the president’s. Here are a few other things that sum—or far less—could have funded: When…
Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts Will Save Him Millions of Dollars
Donald Trump at his Trump Tower office in New York in 2013Dan Hallman/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Many of the arguments that Republicans have used to sell their tax bill are completely implausible. There is overwhelming reason to believe, for example, that the tax cut won’t pay for itself. Then there’s President Donald…
These 6 Jaw-Dropping Charts Show Just How Much Rich People Will Gain From the GOP Tax Bill
DeanDrobot/iStock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, House Republicans approved a sweeping $1.5 trillion tax bill that’s deeply unpopular among Americans. The bill now just needs President Donald Trump’s signature to become a law. Recent analyses by the Tax Policy Center and Joint Committee on Taxation agree: The Republican tax plan…