This article about Donald Trump’s “long, close and wide-ranging dealings with organized crime figures,” appeared in Politico May 22, 2016. It’s by David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump for 27 years. Johnston won a Pulitzer Prize for his New York Times reporting on the American tax system and currently teaches business, property and tax […]
Budget-Conscious States Rethink Food Stamp Ban for Drug Felons
By Marjorie Valbrun (America’s Wire)- WASHINGTON—When the landmark welfare reform law was enacted in 1996, the political rallying cry was “ending welfare as we know it.” Today, a move is underway to rescind some of the law’s punitive measures, such as provisions that permit states to deny welfare benefits and food stamps to people convicted […]