Resource Generation and Wealth for Common Good today announced a new website for wealthy people to show their support for the Occupy movement.
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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Rick Perry: Reverse Robin Hood
The Texas governor’s new plan is to give more money to the rich, but he says he “doesn’t care.”
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OWS Revives the Struggle for Economic Equality
Inspired by struggles overseas and in the past, the protests have brought the wealth gap back to the center of political debate.
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The Lineup: Week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2011
Deborah Burger calls for a new Wall Street tax and Libby Reinish reports on the quiet consolidation underway in the coverage of local TV news.
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The Skinny on Farm Subsidies and Obesity
To make real, lasting improvements in our food system, we have to get to the root of the problem.
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Tax Wall Street to Heal America
The nation’s nurses are calling for a tax on financial transactions to begin raising the revenue needed to fix the nation’s growing social crisis.
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Welcoming Overdue Mercury Standards
It’s time for the EPA to stand up for kids.
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The Great Local News Heist
Although the Internet has made it possible to access many diverse sources of news online, what’s missing is diverse coverage of what’s going on in our own backyards.
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GOP Debates are More Entertaining than GOP Policies
Romney adopts a stance of jovial condescension while Perry visibly seethes at his rival.
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Paulson’s Plaintive Plea
Just because he lives in a 28,000-square-foot, $15-million mansion, why should this billionaire be targeted as an example of plutocratic excess?
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Reports
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.
Billionaire Wealth vs. Community Health
‘Billionaire Wealth vs. Community Health’ report urges Delinquent Dozen companies to protect workers from exploitative owners and executives.