Billionaires are hyping nuclear power as a magic cure for climate change.
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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Have We Hit Peak Inequality?
These 400 billionaires are wealthier than 190 million of their fellow Americans.
Read moreBillionaire Bonanza: The Forbes 400 and the Rest of Us
Wealthiest 20 people own more wealth than half the American population
Read moreGawdy Not Godly: The Forbes 400
New study shows striking divide between nation’s wealthiest and the rest of us. – See more at: http://inequality.org/gawdy-not-godly/#sthash.rco9IjAr.dpuf
Read moreRand Paul Has a Point: How Much Defense Spending is Enough for GOP?
The next GOP debate could find even more substance by making candidates answer Paul’s question to the conservative movement.
Read moreFree Tuition for Donald Trump’s Kids?
Making college tuition free for everyone, some claim, would waste scarce tax dollars on rich households that don’t need them. Does that claim hold water?
Read moreBlack Women Labor Leaders Call for an End to Violence Against Black Youth and Those Who Stand Up for Them
“The crosshairs trained on our children are now turned on us when we stand up to call out injustice in our criminal justice system.”
Read moreWhy Justin Trudeau Makes Me Jealous of Canada
The new prime minister is championing inclusivity and tolerance.
Read moreWhat’s the cause for despair among white, middle-aged men?
Startling new data from the National Academy of Sciences suggest that extreme inequality may be exacting a much steeper price — on our health — than we’ve up to now expected.
Read moreAn Open Letter to the Top 1 Percent
You might want to rethink all those really nice things you’ve been saying about ‘equality of opportunity.’
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