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May 17 2023 Perspective A Wave of Child Tax Credits Is Building in the States In the midst of the current economic challenges Americans face, The Rockefeller Foundation (Foundation) has had the privilege to see glimmers of hope through our support for organizations working to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC). This movement took a big step forward in 2021 with the passage of […]
Dec 17 2021 Perspective U.S. Tax Policy and Race: A Conversation with Professor Dorothy Brown How do you know tax policies are not discriminatory if the IRS doesn’t collect data on race? This question triggered curiosity in Dr. Dorothy Brown, professor of law and author of The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans and How We Can Fix It. Dr. Brown recently sat down with Danielle […]
Mar 25 2021 Perspective Refundable Tax Credits: The Gateway Drug into Worker-Centered Tax Policy While some aspects of tax policy are indeed complicated, there are a few no-brainer steps that we could take tomorrow to clearly improve the stability of working people.
Mar 02 2020 Video Danielle Goonan on Economic Policies that Work The Earned Income Tax Credit (#EITC) has been one of the most impactful anti-poverty tools in US history. We’re creating #ImpactThroughInnovation by identifying and scaling up bipartisan solutions for America’s working families.1.25