Enough of the Culture of Corruption

Infrastructure

Opportunity Costs: Republican-Controlled Congress Chooses Tax Cuts Over Infrastructure Investments
Opportunity Costs: Republican-Controlled Congress Chooses Tax Cuts Over Infrastructure Investments
Tax cuts for the wealthy could have covered the cost of investing in the nation’s deteriorating infrastructure.
By Andrew Schwartz and Jesse Lee
Economy

Health Care

Republicans Are Making False Claims About Medicare for All Ahead of the Midterms
Republicans Are Making False Claims About Medicare for All Ahead of the Midterms
As the midterms approach, Republicans in Congress are deploying an 11th-hour scare tactic by claiming that Democrats are seeking to gut Medicare in order to pay for Medicare for All.
By Madeline Twomey
Health Care

Economy

Without Strong Unions, the Middle Class Is in Trouble
Without Strong Unions, the Middle Class Is in Trouble
New Census Bureau data indicate that the middle class is receiving close to the smallest-ever share of the nation’s income.
By David Madland
Economy
The Tax Bill That Would Launch More Than 13,000 Yachts
The Tax Bill That Would Launch More Than 13,000 Yachts
This fall, the House majority is ignoring working families to focus on giving even more money to its wealthy donors.
By Sam Berger and Galen Hendricks
Economy
Who Makes Up the Working Class?
Who Makes Up the Working Class?
Throughout the country, women, people of color, and workers in the service sector make up a sizable portion of the working class.
By Alex Rowell
Economy

Energy and Environment

While Trump Was Tweeting: Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Our Air, Water, and Public Lands
While Trump Was Tweeting: Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Our Air, Water, and Public Lands
Since taking office in January 2017, the Trump administration has taken dozens of actions to weaken clean air and water protections; block action on climate change; and sell out our public lands to the fossil fuel industry. CAP Action is tracking it all.
By the Energy and Environment Team
Energy and Environment