We can’t heal the climate if our war machine keeps raining destruction, absorbing resources, and gobbling up fossil fuels all around the world. Here’s how to stop it.
Read moreEconomic Justice
Combating inequality means both lifting up and building power at the bottom, and breaking up concentration of wealth and power at the top. That’s why we work at the intersection of economic and racial justice through projects designed to build leadership and self-empowerment of black workers, immigrant workers, and low-wage workers, youth and families affected by incarceration, along with projects aiming to reverse the rules that criminalize poor people of color, and projects fighting to ensure that the wealthy and Wall Street corporations pay their fair share of taxes.
Latest Work
How Wall Street Drives Gender and Racial Inequality
If the minimum wage had kept up with Wall Street bonuses, it would be worth $33 today, instead of just $7.25.
Read moreLet’s Celebrate Striking Workers
Here’s a stat for International Workers’ Day that’s giving us hope.
Read moreThe Reality Behind the ‘Surging’ U.S. Economy
A tiny uptick in wages won’t do much to help Americans squeezed by debt and facing rising prices for medicine, child care, housing, and other essentials.
Read moreNurses Tell Big Pharma: Put Patients Over Profits
“People shouldn’t have to crowdfund for their health care. We wanted PhRMA to have to face firsthand the toll their greed takes on Americans across our country.”
Read moreBeyond the Paris Accord
In an interview with CounterSpin, Basav Sen says the U.S. should fund international climate mitigation and climate adaptation policies.
Read moreDo You Really Care about the Threads You Wear?
If you like looking good, you ought to fear what rising levels of inequality are doing to America’s apparel future.
Read moreBring Back May Day
The U.S. is one of the only countries in the world that doesn’t mark International Worker’s Day. So how are our workers doing?
Read moreThe Economy is Thriving. Are You?
Trumpeting rising GDP and disposable income ignores harsh economic realities for working class people.
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