Utah may be losing its egalitarian advantage.
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: August 21, 2013
Fredric Rolando describes how letter carriers wind up serving their customers across the country in unexpected ways.
Read moreThe Bezillionaire Times
Amazon’s take-no-prisoners business model made founder Jeff Bezos staggeringly rich while stranding thousands of warehouse workers on the borderline of poverty.
Read moreThis Week in OtherWords: August 14, 2013
Ryan Alexander weighs in on the price we’re paying for our do-nothing Congress
Read moreHow I Exposed an Undercover Cop
Spying on protesters is the worst violation of our freedom.
Read moreUnfit to Print
Suddenly, all self-respecting billionaires need to own at least one newspaper.
Read moreBlowing the Whistle on Philanthropy
A scion of one of America’s top fortunes has just exposed our “charitable-industrial complex.”
Read moreThis Week in OtherWords: August 7, 2013
Sanjay Jolly describes the promising opportunities that a new wave of low-power FM stations will soon create.
Read moreWaiting for Wendy’s
Wendy’s should join its competitors and participate in the Fair Food Program.
Read moreSenate Bill Would Reduce Taxpayer Subsidies for CEO Pay
A new bill would close a corporate tax loophole that promotes executive excess. IPS has been calling for a fix to this outrageous glitch in the tax code for two decades.
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