Ethan Oberman

At the center of the Republican tax plan is a proposal to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent. But what exactly do corporations do with the extra cash on hand?

On this year's Transgender Day of Remembrance, The Takeaway hears from a member of the transgender community about how to respond to recent waves of violence against trans individuals.  

A recently unearthed Raymond Chandler short story is a far cry from the detective novels he's known for. Instead, it tackles the healthcare crisis head on.

Senate Republicans announced that a repeal of the Obamacare individual healthcare mandate will be included in their tax reform bill, a move that is not sitting well with many senators.

Last month, a media firestorm erupted after four Green Berets were killed in Niger. Now, the death of another Green Beret, this time in the country of Mali, is raising several red flags.

Director Charles Burnett has spent his career showing the inner lives of black Americans on screen. But after decades on the margins of Hollywood, he's set to receive an honorary Oscar. 

In Oklahoma, an alternative to incarceration is raising red flags about how offenders are treated, and who profits. 

On Friday, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul was attacked by a neighbor and suffered five broken ribs. Details surrounding the dispute that led to the attack remain unclear. 

Patti Smith and her daughter Jesse Paris Smith are focused on getting cities around the world to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement. 

It’s been just over a month since a mass shooting in Las Vegas left hundreds injured and 58 dead, and the nation is still waiting for details on the deadly attack.

The Podesta Group, a prominent D.C. lobbying firm, has found itself mired in controversy after the first indictments were unsealed in Robert Mueller's ongoing investigations.

Last week, an undocumented 10 year old girl with cerebral palsy was detained after passing through a Border Patrol checkpoint on her way to receive emergency gallbladder surgery.

25 years ago, film scholar B. Ruby Rich coined the term “New Queer Cinema.” Here, she discusses how the movement has changed in the decades since. 

Two months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, many are still putting their lives back together. The Takeaway hears from one family forced to relocate.

More than 40 people have been reported dead in recent forest fires in Portugal. This is the country's second deadliest forest fire event of the year. 

A bipartisan group of senators have introduced a bill that would force political ads sold on platforms like Facebook to be regulated the same way as ads sold on television and radio.

The president's actions and tweets on healthcare have caused a fair amount of confusion, both inside and outside of Washington. 

NFL owners are meeting in New York this week to discuss a myriad of issues. Yesterday, news broke that the owners will not ask players to stop kneeling during the national anthem.

A new book examines the "Bank Black" movement, and the failure of the free market to address the racial wealth gap. 

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has sent a hate crimes lawyer to Iowa to help prosecute a man for the murder of a gender fluid teenager, a move that's surprised some of his critics.