Sarah Anderson suggests concrete steps toward a more balanced budget that would make the U.S. economy healthier, more equitable, and sustainable and rein in runaway military spending.
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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Mining for Profits in International Tribunals
Corporate lawsuits against governments over resource rights continue to increase.
Read moreOccupy the Budget
How to pay for the crisis while making our nation more equitable, green, and secure.
Read moreIs Iran Iraq All Over Again?
The nuclear intelligence that the media is fixated on consists mostly of allegations of abstract research that have been floating around for years.
Read moreMisrepresenting Occupy Wall Street
Even the Anti-Defamation League denies that the Occupy movement is infused with anti-Semitism, but ultra-conservative pundits are sticking with that non-story anyway.
Read moreOccupy Your Bank
Once a business is handling a transaction for you, you’re not trespassing when you go down to check on its progress.
Read moreVegan Misgivings
Moving to the big table wouldn’t have been such a big deal if what you found when you got there was broccoli.
Read moreBorder War Rumors
Far from being a chaotic war zone, a study of the 14 Texas counties bordering Mexico shows that the number of murders has actually declined in the past five years.
Read moreAmerica Is Not Broke
How to pay for the crisis while making the country more equitable, green, and secure.
Read moreBig Banks are Doing Just Fine, Thank You
This virtual abandonment of local economies by Wall Street exploded when Uncle Sam bailed out the big banks.
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