With a call for an income cap on society’s richest, a longshot presidential campaign has thrown a giant scare into the French political elite.
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
Local Action Pushes CEO-Worker Pay Gap Reform
With national policy likely to compound the income and wealth gap in the coming years, states and localities are fighting back.
Read moreReport: How States Can Boost Renewables With Benefits for All
Renewable Portfolio Standards and Distributed Solar Access for Low-Income Households
Read moreA Closer Look At Evictions Caused By Increased Housing Costs
An in-depth look at what happens when cities become unaffordable.
Read moreHere’s Your Diploma, Graduates — and Your Debt
44 million households now hold $1.4 trillion of student debt.
Read moreAirlines Profit From ‘Economy-Class’ Misery
A deregulated industry made flying better—if you fly first-class. Otherwise, it’s cruel.
Read moreFighting Financial Abuse in the Trump Era
A Wall Street reform organizer is encouraged by a surge of activism to protect consumers against the unregulated prepaid debit card industry.
Read moreYou Pay Your Fair Share. Shouldn’t Wall Street?
While you and I file our taxes, Republicans want to make it even easier for big banks to dodge them.
Read moreCEOs Now Make 300 Times More Than Their Workers. This City Is Putting a Stop to That.
Abandoned by Congress, Portland is putting an end to its staggering CEO-worker pay ratio.
Read moreMarching for Trump Tax Transparency
Activists have organized Tax Day marches across the country to demand the release of Trump’s tax returns — and send a message about a tax system that enriches the wealthy.
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