David Cay Johnston

The Republican front-runner is taking on one tax giveaway but he's sidestepping seven bigger ones.

Across the globe, the superwealthy are snatching up palatial apartments and driving up the cost of living.

Newsweek staff writers and editors dish about their favorite films of the year.

The British government says it knows how to tax the profits Google earns. It's simple, elegant and probably won't change anything.

Though far from exhaustive, this twenty-book list is a small glimpse at the books we read and loved in 2014.

The corporate tax dodge behind the proposed Burger King merger with Tim Hortons sticks little guys with a huge bill

Don't believe everything you read: A serial fabricator and the shocking lies he told about JFK, RFK, Marilyn, Jackie, Liz and so many more…

The owners of America's pro sports franchises are some of the richest men in the country. So why do they insist on taking billions in welfare?

Bankers behind the subprime collapse are lucky Congress and the White House refused to call in the one man who knows how to nail them

It's almost foolproof, and tax collectors don't seem to mind. The only catch: You have to be rich

Despite the billions in surcharges to pay for it, the telecom giants have decided they don't want to bring broadband to the entire nation

Research by many scholars has shown that privatization does not save taxpayer money

America will pay more for food if the drought goes on much longer. Many fear it will.

The Founding Fathers feared inequality would doom America, and knew what to do about it

Electricity just got a lot more expensive in the Northwest thanks to some deft work by two senators

J.P. Morgan got off light for its crucial role in the Bernie Madoff scam

JPMorgan got off light for its crucial role in the Bernie Madoff scam.

Ever wonder why an appendectomy costs $8,000 in one place and $29,000 elsewhere?

Ever wonder why an appendectomy costs $8,000 in one place and $29,000 elsewhere?

Toys can exert a powerful influence, shaping lifestyles and career choices as well as culture, though often in ways not at all obvious.

The Justice Department is shielding the bank from investigators who want to know more about its connections to its most infamous client, Bernie Madoff.

15 things you don't know you know about toys

Companies paid by American taxpayers charge as much as $763,029 per worker

Companies paid by American taxpayers charge as much as $763,029 per worker.

The deadly shooting of a drug gang member is linked to close aides of beleaguered but unbowed Rob Ford.

Like Detroit firemen and policemen who paid their full pension dues, many Americans will be rewarded in old age by poverty.

The Supreme Court must answer in the affirmative if it allows Hobby Lobby to refuse to cover birth control

The suggestion that a for-profit business enjoys First Amendment rights to the free exercise of religion is legally, logically, and philosophically absurd.

Transparency? What transparency? The government is getting nitpicky when it comes to the Freedom of Information Act.

Government to authors: We're not showing you public records because you're not journalists