How America’s billionaires avoid income tax — legally

Jun 9, 2021 9 min

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In a new investigation into secret IRS documents, <a href="https://apple.news/A55fJC_R4TXS9eO1-IJuLPg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ProPublica</a> reveals how American billionaires manage to pay little or no income tax — without breaking the law. For months now, some scientists have been calling attention to the once-controversial idea that the coronavirus originated in a laboratory. <a href="https://apple.news/AiVBhF_BwQLO3b2g3yAVqQw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> lays out what we know and don't about the lab-leak theory. The growth of for-profit medical schools is raising questions about how the U.S. will train its next generation of doctors. <a href="https://apple.news/Af5t6EiubSSW7MjTUH1_pHw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> looks at the issue. <a href="https://apple.news/ALdgpQeHZRcOsENyPkV7R9w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">National Geographic</a>'s cartographers say they now recognize a fifth ocean: the Southern Ocean, which encircles Antarctica.

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