A little-known tax incentive could provide important investment to areas that haven't yet recovered from the Great Recession, but the incentives don't come without risks.
A familiar image that reminds us of our identity as a citizen can inspire us to pay our taxes.
Regardless of whether states embrace or resist the new tax law, they could lose an opportunity to help thousands of children attend college.
What is intended as a safety net for people struggling financially is often unattainable for those who are the worst off.
In states like North Carolina, splitting up county-wide school systems often results in unequal access to resources separated down racial lines.
The tax reform legislation will simply place more burden on an already overtaxed agency.
Poorly built schools have detrimental effects on the students who attend them, but no easy solution is in sight.
Phase One: Blow up the deficit. Phase Two: Use austerity to justify shredding the safety net.
Republicans (and President Donald Trump) say they want to fix the tax code. But their proposals won't do anything like that. Here are a few ways they can do better.
The vote is a victory for the GOP, but full passage of the legislation is still far from certain.
Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin has failed to fulfill a promise to release the department's analysis of the Republican tax plan.
The GOP tax plan won't just shift wealth upward—it'll also remove the educational tools that make it possible for people to shift their own class status.
Democrats have attacked the bill as a giveaway to corporations and the wealthiest Americans.
Economist Gary Hufbauer explains what Congress' proposed tax reform legislation would mean for American businesses.
Paying for an education is already a difficult, if not impossible, task for many students. The republican tax bill won't provide any relief.
It's unclear how the GOP will bridge the gap between the two chambers' plans.
President Trump promised that he would end the carried interest loophole, but the most recent Republican tax reform bill leaves it intact.
It tells us a lot—none of it particularly good—about how she approaches her job as press secretary.
A recent California Supreme Court decision could be a major blow to the state's 1978 tax revolt.
Trump's tax plan includes cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
With crowdfunding, even though lots of people can make a big difference, it still tends to be people with money to give who will be the ones giving it.
On Wednesday, the president introduced his push for tax reform. It was heavy on promises, but light on specifics.
The 2004 holiday didn't work as intended, and there's little reason to believe another one will be any different.
The protections stem from when Rudy Giuliani, together with the real-estate industry, maneuvered behind the scenes in 1995 to exempt downtown Manhattan apartments from rent stabilization rules.