Economic 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

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Debt Ceiling Deal Reinforced Washington’s Old Double Standard for Military Spending

Lindsay Koshgarian

The budget deal was supposed to slow spending, but the most expensive federal agency didn’t get a budget cut — it got a raise.

Wealth Inequality, Trade Agreements & How a Progressive Annual Wealth Tax Could Help Promote Economic Democracy

Omar Ocampo joins Bringing Light into Darkness (BLID) to discuss IPS’ Report: “Extreme Wealth: The Growing Number of People With Extreme Wealth and What an Annual Wealth Tax Could Raise.”

For GOP, Debt Ceiling Deal Was Never About Debt — It Was About Conserving Power

Lindsay Koshgarian

Conservatives weaponized the debt deal to consolidate power. Let’s use the budget to create new power structures.

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Social Security’s Back in the GOP’s Crosshairs: Here’s an Alternative to Cuts

Washington’s months-long debate over raising the debt ceiling started with some prominent Republicans calling to slash Social Security.

The Mineral Rush

Wealthy countries are angling for access to the resources of poorer countries to power a “clean energy” transition. But this transition is about so much more than that.

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In This Washington, the Fantastically Rich Are Finally Frowning

A new state tax on the wheeling and dealing of the wealthy is reaping far more revenue than expected

Until the River Runs Dry

Bella DeVaan, Chuck Collins, Dan Petegorsky, Helen Flannery

Every year, wealthy donors divert more money into intermediaries, drying up the river of donations meant for working charities. We can change that.

Want To Slash the National Debt? Tax Billionaires

Omar Ocampo, Chuck Collins

Lawmakers need to advance policies that reduce deficits without undermining expenditures that provide us with a safety net and public services.

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Could We Actually End the CEO Defense Contractor Gravy Train?

FDR put the kibosh on military contractor windfalls during World War II. We could do the same.

Parity, Schmarity: The Budget Deal Gives 56% of the Discretionary Budget to the Military

Lindsay Koshgarian

The budget deal struck by the White House and House Republicans could set a damaging precedent.