Public health resources are being cut while mosquito-borne diseases like Zika and the West Nile virus flourish in poor communities.
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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Tipped Workers Win with Spending Bill
The victory belongs to the workers, organizers, and advocates who maintained fierce backlash to the proposal.
Read moreReport: How Your Personal Income Taxes Were Spent in 2017
Our analysis found that the average taxpayer put in 29 working days in 2017 to pay Pentagon contractors.
Read moreDC Joins Seven States with Campaigns to Close Carried Interest Loophole
President Trump’s failure to fulfill a campaign promise to axe the controversial tax benefit for hedge fund and private equity fund managers has sparked action at the state level.
Read moreWall Street Bonus Pool Dwarfs ‘Tax Reform Bonuses’ and Minimum Wage Earnings While Contributing to Gender Inequality
Just-released figures from the New York State Comptroller show Wall Street banks handed out $31.4 billion in bonuses to their New York City-based employees for 2017 performance, up 17 percent over 2016
Read moreNo CEO Should Earn 1,000 Times More Than a Regular Employee
Employees of at least five U.S. corporations would have to work more than a millennium to catch up with their CEO.
Read moreBillionaires Won’t Save the World — Just Look at Elon Musk
The “playboy genius” is essentially squandering taxpayer money on pet projects like Mars trips and flamethrowers.
Read moreBlack Panther Disembarks From The Roles Black Actors Have Traditionally Been Pigeonholed Into
The evolution of Black roles in film, from Mammy to T’Challa.
Read moreBusiness Leaders Agree: Inequality Hurts The Bottom Line
A growing number of corporate leaders say it’s time for them to start sharing the wealth.
Read moreTeachers Deserve a Raise. Here’s How to Fund It.
Huge tax cuts for energy corporations have left state school budgets broke.
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