IPS executive compensation experts available to comment on SEC rule released today.
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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This Week in OtherWords: September 18, 2013
Saru Jayaraman calls on Congress to raise the “sub-minimum” wage.
Read moreTime to End the Long Stall on Disclosing CEO-Worker Pay Gaps
IPS executive compensation experts available to comment on SEC rules expected Wednesday
Read moreSaul Landau, Presente!
He had a knack for turning newfound acquaintances into soulmates that shines through a flood of tributes and obituaries in the mainstream and alternative media.
Read moreWhy Your Waiter Hasn’t Gotten a Raise in 22 Years
The federal sub-minimum wage for tipped workers helps large restaurant corporations and their CEOs pad their bottom lines while trapping millions of American workers in economic insecurity.
Read moreThe Off-the-Cuff Breakthrough on Syria
John Kerry may have just accidentally earned himself a Nobel Peace Prize.
Read moreThis Week in OtherWords: September 11, 2013
Peter Certo likens the situation in Syria to a “landmine.”
Read moreHaiti’s Hard Place
Foreign-funded mining operations may not be enough to alleviate the scourges of cholera, displaced people, and corrupt leaders.
Read moreDanger Ahead: Our Disappearing Pensions
The vaunted 401(k) revolution has left few Americans with a nest egg.
Read moreDeclaration of the G20 Counter-Summit
Five years after the financial meltdown, the G20 continues promoting failed neoliberal policies that are condemning the world to a vicious cycle of crisis and environmental collapse.
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