An interview with Karen Dolan.
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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Police Killed More People Last Year Than Mass Shooters
The fight to curb gun violence must address the violence inflicted by law enforcement.
Read morePoor People’s Campaign Gears Up for Mother’s Day Launch
A major new report makes the case for a “fusion movement” against systemic racism, poverty and inequality, miltarism and the war economy, and ecological devastation.
Read moreTeacher Strikes are About Far More than Fair Pay
A growing movement is connecting labor struggles with justice in the classroom and the community.
Read moreHow Corporations Cheat Veterans Out of Tax Dollars
This year, average taxpayers paid twice as much to corporate military contractors than to caring for all veterans combined.
Read moreIs It Really Fair to Call It Our ‘Justice System’?
The deaths of Alton Sterling and others show that black Americans rarely get justice.
Read moreThe Fake Frugality of the Fabulously Fortunate
Scratch a grand fortune, one common media trope likes to suggest, and you’ll find a frugal lifestyle.
Read moreKing’s Dream Included Economic Equality, Too
The late leader didn’t just criticize racial segregation. He called for an end to economic injustice.
Read moreRadical New Leaders Are Reviving Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign
The movement looks to rebuild the cross-racial civil rights alliance disintegrated during a half-century of counter-revolution. Their radical vision is more necessary than ever.
Read moreThe Racial Wealth Divide Holds Back Black Earners at All Levels
If our nation wants to put its history of racial inequality behind it, we must bridge the wealth divide.
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