Audrey Malo / Politico / “The 401(k) industry owns Congress’: How lawmakers quietly passed a $300 billion windfall to the wealthy »

Audrey Malo was commissioned by Politico to illustrate a investigative piece by Benjamin Guggenheim looking at America’s struggling retirement system. The particular focus is on how certain types of retirement accounts are structured to allow wealthier Americans to stockpile savings and take advantage of tax reductions on that money as a result of a 2023 (and several prior) bills that established a broken system.

Art Director: Emily Scherer