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Frank Stricker Oct 24, 2026

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A one-time tax on the super wealthy is an important step toward greater equality.

John Miller Oct 21, 2026

How to Fund a Fairer Economy—and Reduce Inequality

How can we fund universal childcare, Medicare for All, and a green economy while reducing inequality? A new plan shows how taxing wealth and corporate profits more fairly—and cutting wasteful spending—could pay for a fairer, more prosperous economy.

Nancy Folbre Oct 15, 2026

Issue 257: January/February 2005

features

ABCs of AIDS Prevention

Jessica Weisberg

Even model prevention programs are hobbled by persistent gender and class inequalities.
Marriage Promotion, Reproductive Injustice, and the War Against Poor Women of Color

Sarah Olson
Dollar Anxiety

John Miller

Global economic and military muscle allows the United States to be a debtor nation without paying the consequences. But will it last?

the regulars

the short run
making sense Taxpayers subsidize Wal-Mart
letters
comment Consumer debt
economy in numbers Housing bubble