The racial wealth divide gives billionaires more power over all of us. The answer? Reparations.
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.
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People Who Care About Democracy Don’t Plot Coups Abroad
Do we think people who armed death squads and started wars really want to “bring democracy” to Venezuela?
Read moreFor Dell’s Billionaire CEO, Taxing the Ultra-Rich is a Joke
Michael Dell falsely argues that top marginal tax rates as high as 70 percent have never worked.
Read moreNew Study Shows Wealth Inequality Hits Communities of Color Hardest
And it’s not just about rich and poor. The racial wealth gap is damaging to the economy as a whole.
Read moreThe Beauty Industry Profits from Inequality
In a world where wealth concentrates ferociously, we can’t escape the ugliness our grand divides engender.
Read moreThe Super Bowl and Politics
Maybe you didn’t notice before Colin Kaepernick took a knee, but the NFL has been deeply politicized for years.
Read moreSenator Warren’s Wealth Tax: The Moment of Conception
There are great moments in intellectual cross-fertilization. This may have been one of them.
Read moreThe Moderate’s Case for a Maximum Wage
Democrats have enough heft in Congress to force floor debates on proposals that meaningfully target inequality, but they’ll need support from their moderate contingent if any real change is to occur.
Read moreHow the 1% Profit Off of Racial Economic Inequality
The racial wealth divide is bringing down median wealth, while wealth at the very top soars.
Read moreAn MLK Day Reflection: The Racial Wealth Gap Is Killing the Middle Class
Ninety years out from Dr. King’s birth, the typical white family had 41 times more wealth than the typical Black family
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