Beware of wealthy CEOs who are lecturing the rest of us about tightening our belts.
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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The New Normal for African-American Voter Turnout
As election law changes threatened access to the ballot box this year, African-American turnout operations strengthened.
Read moreWashington and Colorado Voters Opt for a Smarter Drug Policy
Treating drug use as a criminal act rather than a health problem has harmed our society.
Read moreTo Move Forward, We Must Learn from Our Progressive Past
Yesterday’s ideas about curbing the ultra-rich’s power remain just as relevant as ever.
Read moreShortchanging Our Future
Lawmakers have long underinvested in young people, and sequestration would make matters even worse.
Read moreDemocracy Outbreak in Ohio
One small town is standing up to deep-pocketed campaign cash.
Read moreThe Sleazy League
The dark side of corporate-run colleges is no longer a secret.
Read moreThe Ant and the Grasshopper
We drank your pension moons ago.
Read moreNew Report: CEOs Pushing Social Security Cuts are Sitting on Massive Retirement Funds While Underfunding Worker Pensions
A new report by IPS shows that “Fix the Debt” CEOs hold an average of $9 million each to put toward retirement, but are running deficits in pension funds for their own employees.
Read moreA Pension Deficit Disorder: The Massive CEO Retirement Funds and Underfunded Worker Pensions at Firms Pushing Social Security Cuts
This report analyzes the retirement policies of the U.S. corporations leading the “Fix the Debt” campaign, which is calling for reduced spending on senior citizens’ benefits as part of a deal on the national debt.
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