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5 Little-Known Facts About Taxes and Inequality in America Report
The Capitol undergoes construction in the background, with a white stone blurred in the foreground.

5 Little-Known Facts About Taxes and Inequality in America

Rich Americans face the lowest payroll tax rates and benefit from skewed income tax deductions, loopholes, and rate preferences.

Nick Buffie

Myth vs. Fact: The DREAM Act Report
Eric Balderas, 19, is photographed in Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA on June. 11, 2010. Balderas, a Harvard biology major who has been in America since he was 4, was detained when flying back to school after visiting his mother. The DREAM Act would provide kids who lack immigration status through no fault of their own an opportunity to earn citizenship by going to college or serving the country through military service. (AP/Josh Reynolds)

Myth vs. Fact: The DREAM Act

Marshall Fitz runs through common arguments against the DREAM Act and shows how they come up short.

Marshall Fitz

Myth vs. Fact: Paid Sick Days Article
Ai-Jen Poo, center, Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, reads her statement at a Women for Paid Sick Days rally on the steps of New York's City Hall on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. (AP/Richard Drew)

Myth vs. Fact: Paid Sick Days

Contrary to many critics’ claims, paid sick days don’t just benefit employees—they also greatly benefit businesses and the economy.

Jane Farrell

The Basic Facts About Children in Poverty Report

The Basic Facts About Children in Poverty

Nearly 11 million children are living in poverty in America. Here is how the crisis reached this point—and what steps must be taken to solve it.

Areeba Haider

Myth vs. Fact: The Build America Bond Article
Critics such as Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), above, misrepresent the Build America Bonds program. The program radically improves the way federal support for local projects is delivered, helps taxpayers by lowering state borrowing costs, and reduces back-door subsidies for high-income buyers of municipal bonds. (AP/Harry Hamburg)

Myth vs. Fact: The Build America Bond

Seth Hanlon, Jordan Eizenga, and James Hairston debunk the critics of this highly successful public-works bond program and urge Congress to keep it in place.

Seth Hanlon, Jordan Eizenga, James Hairston

Rhetoric vs. Reality: Equal Pay Report

Rhetoric vs. Reality: Equal Pay

Many conservatives profess support for equal pay but ignore the real need for stronger protections against pay discrimination and comprehensive solutions to close the gender wage gap.

Kaitlin Holmes, Jocelyn Frye, Sarah Jane Glynn, 1 More Jessica Quinter

Rhetoric vs. Reality: How Abortion Bans Hurt Women Article
A woman shouts as she attends the Women's March in New York City, on January 20, 2018. (Kena Bentancur/Getty)

Rhetoric vs. Reality: How Abortion Bans Hurt Women

Abortion bans are unnecessary, based on false information, and impede women's rights and access to critical health care.

Anusha Ravi, Jamila Taylor

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