Corporations have achieved total tax loophole parity with America’s individual super rich.
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Economic 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.
Latest Work
The Lineup: Week of Nov. 7-13, 2011
William A. Collins, Donald Kaul, and Gerald Scorse look at the intersection of wealth and taxes.
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The GOP’s Empty Rhetoric on Obama’s Immigration Record
This administration is deporting immigrants at a record pace.
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Protect the Public Schools’ Whistleblowers
It’s hard for them to protect their institutions when neither their school districts nor the legal system shield them from retaliation.
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Foreign Influence: Inappropriate for Lawmakers Tasked with Shrinking the Deficit
The supercommittee’s members shouldn’t accept campaign contributions from lobbyists representing foreign governments or companies.
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Equal Taxation for Wealth and Work
Windfalls from gambling in the Wall Street casino should be taxed at the same rate as wages.
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Ask the Columnist: A Primer on Wealth and Taxes
It’s not fair to ask sacrifices only from those least able to afford it simply because they have the least political power.
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Shouldn’t Americans Repair America’s Infrastructure?
The $7-billion reconstruction of the Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Oakland is in the hands of a state-subsidized Chinese company.
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Lobbying the Supercommittee
No moneybags, no service.
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Not All Taxes Have to Hurt
Millionaires, who rightfully are the target for paying more, want us to think that any changes in the tax code will mean that we’ll all be paying more too.
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Reports
Fact Sheet: Congressional Progressive Caucus Priorities
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released a bold agenda for 2021. This fact sheet analyzes the implications of these priorities for the American people.
Billionaire Wealth vs. Community Health
‘Billionaire Wealth vs. Community Health’ report urges Delinquent Dozen companies to protect workers from exploitative owners and executives.
How U.S. Trade Policy Failed Workers — And How to Fix It
Now more than ever, we need a new trade policy to support an economic recovery from the pandemic and to start building an economy that works for everyone.
Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration
Across the Global South, international mining companies use disturbing tactics to forcibly open mining operations against the wills of local communities.
Gilded Giving 2020: How Wealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy and Imperils Democracy
How Wealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy and Imperils Democracy