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On Race and Taxes, Both Parties Insist Upon Speaking No Evil
by Imara Jones on November 30 2012, 9:33AM
The debate over taxes is and has always been a proxy for one about racial inequity. And we’ve never been able to admit it.
Topics: Economy, Fiscal Cliff
Inequality Is Our Economy’s Core Problem—That’s Why Taxes Matter
by Kai Wright on December 9 2010, 4:47PM
Closing the income and wealth gaps isn’t an ideal, as the president suggests. It’s the whole point.
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Obama’s Bizarre, Offensive Effort to Equate Tax Cuts and Abolition
by Kai Wright on December 8 2010, 12:38PM
Slavery was not a great example of a compromise Mr. President.
Topics: Kai Wright
Landrieu: Tax Cut Deal Steals from Poor, Black Families for Rich
by Kai Wright on December 7 2010, 12:58PM
Progressive economists give it a meh.
Topics: Kai Wright
It’s Not About Tax Cuts. Obama Must Stand in Defense of Government
by Kai Wright on December 6 2010, 11:51AM
ColorLines Editor Kai Wright says the president can fight now, or we can all lose later.
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Yet Another Jobs Idea Fails in the Senate
by Seth Freed Wessler on September 29 2010, 9:30AM
Senate Democrats can’t even pass a relatively conservative bill to stop outsourcing.
Topics: Economy
Explaining the Democrats’ Payroll Tax Holiday
by Seth Freed Wessler on September 27 2010, 2:44PM
It’ll probably create more votes than it will jobs, but it’s a start.
Topics: Economy
Raising Taxes on Poor Moms while Giving the Rich a Break
by Michelle Chen on September 17 2010, 10:00AM
While much of the media has focused on the debate over extending Bush-era tax cuts for the rich, some other tax relief for the less-than-wealthy hardly gets a second glance.
White Wealth and Black Debt Shot Up in ‘Growth’ Years
by Kai Wright on May 17 2010, 3:22PM
The wealth gap between Blacks and Whites has grown by fourfold over the course of Generation X’s lifetime, exploding to $95,000, a study released today found. And the debt burden among African American families has nearly doubled. The study comes…
Topics: Economy
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