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Economic Justice

801 U.S. billionaires hold a combined $6.22 trillion in wealth

Peace & Foreign Policy

The Costs of U.S. Militarization in the Philippines: Abuse of People and the Planet

Economic Justice

Project 2025 Is a Blueprint to End the American Dream

Climate Justice

Young People Will Save the People Because We’re the Last Generation That Can

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Why the Far Right Lies About Immigrants
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Economic Justice

Executive Excess 2024

The “Low Wage 100” corporations are enriching CEOs at the expense of workers and long-term investment.

Economic Justice

Leveraging the CHIPS Program to Create Good Jobs for All Semiconductor Workers

Billions of public dollars are being invested in semiconductor manufacturing. Here’s how to ensure those jobs are actually good.

Climate Justice, Economic Justice

REPORT: Maximizing the Benefits of the CHIPS Program

Commonsense guardrails are needed to protect taxpayer dollars from wasteful stock buybacks and excessive CEO pay.

Peace & Foreign Policy

Advancing from Partial Peace in Colombia

The landmark agreement that ended Colombia's civil war remains fragile and incomplete. The U.S. needs to do more to support its implementation.

Climate Justice, Economic Justice

Greenwashing the Skies: How the Private Jet Lobby Uses “Sustainable Aviation Fuels” as a Marketing Ploy

We find that so-called “sustainable” aviation fuels are largely a false solution.

Economic Justice

Who Is Lobbying against Common-Sense Charity Reform?

Meet the foundations, donor-advised fund sponsors, and community foundations spending money and time to defend the indefensible status quo.

Economic Justice, Peace & Foreign Policy

More for Them, Less for Us: Corporations That Pay Their Executives More Than Uncle Sam

Introduction Corporate tax dodging and executive pay packages have both gotten so far out of control that a significant number of major U.S....

Economic Justice, Peace & Foreign Policy

El Salvador’s State of Deception

A fact-finding report on El Salvador’s detained water defenders, the potential return of environmentally destructive mining, and the state of human rights under...

Economic Justice

The True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy

New analysis details how the ultra-wealthy use charitable giving to avoid taxes and exert influence, while ordinary taxpayers foot the bill.

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