A new movement is putting pressure on people and institutions to dump their investments in dirty energy companies.
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: May 29, 2013
Bob Lord points to the larger story behind Apple’s outrageous-without-being-illegal tax record.
Read moreThese Hedges Need Trimming
Are hedge funds a financial service or a racket?
Read moreThis Week in OtherWords: May 22, 2013
Martha Burk weighs in on the military’s lackluster efforts to stop sexual assaults within the ranks.
Read moreMoney Still Can’t Buy Happiness
And we finally have a nation that’s taking that reality to heart.
Read moreA Primer for Taming Corporate Power
For social change, slow and steady may win the race.
Read moreThis Week in OtherWords: May 15, 2013
Jill Richardson warns readers gearing up for their summer barbecues about the rise of superbugs.
Read moreMining for Profits in International Tribunals – Updated
How transnational corporations use trade and investment treaties as powerful tools in disputes over oil, mining, and gas. / Como las empresas mineras transnacionales utilizan las reglas de los acuerdos de inversión y de comercio como poderosos instrumentos a su favor en las disputas por el petróleo, la minería y el gas.
Read moreOur Stake in Guatemala’s Genocide Trial
Thirty years after Rios Montt’s atrocities, U.S. military policy in Latin America remains a human rights disaster.
Read moreHow We Pay for CEO “Performance”
A gaping tax loophole pads executive pay and the federal debt.
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