taxes

Chicago homeless coalition pushes new tax on properties selling over $1m

November 8, 2018 By Michelle Zacarias

Seen as a key decision-maker on the proposal's future, Alderman Ed Burke is the lead partner in a law firm whose specialty is helping clients with property tax appeals.

Reality of Trump’s tax scam is starting to set in

March 6, 2018 By Josh Hoxie

As their W-2s arrive in the mail, most workers are finding they didn't get much out of the Republicans' tax cut. For billionaires, it's another story, though.

College for all in California: Taxing the rich to pay for it

February 6, 2018 By Chuck Collins

If the California initiative passes in November, it will serve as a model to the nation for how to both reduce concentrated wealth and expand college opportunity.

British billionaires hiding cash before Jeremy Corbyn gets elected

January 9, 2018 By Steve Sweeney

According to an investment management company, the super-rich are worried about a "hard-left" government led by Jeremy Corbyn.

Fight goes on against Republican tax cut for the rich

December 5, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

“President Trump said he wanted to lower taxes for everyone as a Christmas gift to America, but this bill is simply a lump of coal to working families across the country."