It’s No Secret Our Tax System Punishes Low-Income People. It Doesn’t Have To.
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It’s No Secret Our Tax System Punishes Low-Income People. It Doesn’t Have To.

Oregon taxpayers will become some of the first in the nation to have the option to self-identify their race and ethnicity when they file their tax returns next year.   The reason is both simple and complex: Especially at the state level‚ taxes worsen America’s yawning wealth gaps rather than easing them. A growing number of advocates and policymakers are trying to do something about that.  “By allowing this data to be collected‚ we can begin to look at how to dismantle the...