Today’s corporate elites should stop pushing for austerity for the many and prosperity for the few and embrace Henry Ford’s strategy of shared prosperity.
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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
I Don’t Like Ike’s Memorial
If you’re going to do something that big, don’t put it on the National Mall.
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Standing Up For Common Sense
Keene, New Hampshire has no crime that would warrant rolling out a tank.
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Our Health Care Racket
The purpose of America’s health care industry is to provide cozy income to the few at the top while abusing the poorly paid health aides at the bottom and consigning vast swaths of the population to inadequate care.
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Syria’s Butcher
It’s a family tradition.
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Happy Days Here Again, 21st Century-Style
Great economic cataclysms have in the past knocked the super rich off their stride. Our Great Recession’s deep pockets, stunning new income data show, are bucking the historical tide.
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The Lineup: Week of March 12-18, 2012
Martha Burk weighs in on Rush Limbaugh’s ill-timed attack on Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke and its aftermath.
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Rush Limbaugh and the Live Volcano
American women are fed up.
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Hate Groups Spread Lies and Kill Cops
Law enforcement officials say the number of violent encounters with anti-government “sovereign citizens” is rising.
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Inching Toward Progress on the North Korean Nuke Problem
The road to a negotiated settlement will be long and bumpy.
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Reports
REPORT: Silver Spoon Oligarchs
How America’s 50 Largest Inherited-Wealth Dynasties Accelerate Inequality
Executive Excess 2021
Low-Wage Workers Lost Hours, Jobs, and Lives. Their Employers Bent the Rules — To Pump up CEO Paychecks.
Cashing in on Our Homes: Billionaire Landlords Profit as Millions Face Eviction
Billionaire Landlords Profit as Millions Face Eviction
Pandemic Super Bowl 2021: Billionaires Win, We Lose
Billionaires Win, We Lose
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.