RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Island insights that go beyond the tram.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Rich Americans

THE TOM PAINE TAX PLAN

Over two centuries ago, Tom Paine urged our new republic to tax extreme wealth. This tax season, President Biden is picking up the call. By Sam Pizzigati | April 13, 2022 Featured for The Roosevelt Island Daily News The great pamphleteer of…

THE UNITED STATES OF TAX HAVENS

Like our billionaires at home, foreign oligarchs and despots are sheltering untold sums from taxation across our country. By William Minter | November 3, 2021/Previously published in OtherWords.org Assorted Ideas, Large & Small Tax Havens Aren’t Just “Over There” There are many…

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel Originally published in ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.   Series: The Secret IRS…

A PLAN TO END POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES

A new congressional resolution asserts it’s not only possible to end poverty, but morally necessary. By Sarah Anderson | June 2, 2021 Originally published in OtherWords Amidst partisan haggling over President Biden’s infrastructure proposal, the Poor People’s Campaign and several lawmakers recently…