If the top two percent is up in arms about losing their Bush tax cuts, why aren’t they generating any street heat?
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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In Fact, Fairly Taxing the Rich Won’t Scare Them Away
Recent research debunks some of the most common arguments against raising taxes on the richest Americans.
Read moreThe Airline Industry’s Fee-for-All
Nearly every airline these days is addicted to fees.
Read moreOur Health Care System is Still Sick
The health industry is about making money, not healing.
Read moreFly the Stingy Skies
Oh, I almost forgot the rest room fee.
Read moreAlterNet: Five Job-Destroying CEOs Trying to “Fix” the Debt
In poll after poll, the American people say they are far more concerned about the jobs crisis than the “debt crisis.” A powerful coalition of CEOs says they have an answer for both problems.
Read moreCanada Should Tell Mining Firm to Stop Bullying El Salvador
Re-posted with permission from Embassy Magazine: Vancouver-based mining company Pacific Rim is butting heads with the government of El Salvador.
Read moreFirst Step to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff: Close Offshore Tax Loopholes
Offshore tax dodging costs United States $150 billion annually — groups illustrate impact with 16 dramatic ways lost revenue could be used.
Read moreThis Week in OtherWords: Fiscal Swindle Special Edition
At least $881 billion in creative revenue-raisers and spending cuts belong on the table.
Read moreWe’re Not Broke
This commonsense guide to avoiding the fiscal swindle would nearly eliminate the budget deficit while making the United States more equitable, green, and secure.
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