While foreclosures have devastated the financial security of millions of American families, the CEOs of Wells Fargo and Bank of America have seen their retirement packages balloon.
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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 April 23-29, 2012
Jamin Raskin explains why Romney’s choice of Robert Bork as a top advisor is troubling.
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The War on Mommies
We trot out flowers and overdone pancakes every Mother’s Day, but the truth is we don’t value our mothers enough.
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Romney’s Borking Strategy
Romney’s choice of a Reagan administration relic for judicial guidance offers a scary glimpse of his plans for America.
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An Exit Strategy for Afghanistan
The United States can’t abandon the country, but our troops must leave.
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Immigration is a Human Rights Issue
Millions of lives have been disrupted and torn apart by harsh immigration enforcement practices.
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The Freedom to Fear
The only change the Supreme Court’s majority believes in is change that takes us back to the 18th century.
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Two Heads Aren’t Always Better than One
An alarming percentage of the fish found in creeks contaminated by J.R. Simplot’s phosphate mining operations in Idaho are grossly deformed.
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Gender Gap
No contraception, no child care, no equal rights, no abortion.
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This Economy Stinks Worse than You Think
Too many top economic commentators are drawn from a pool of talking heads and economists who treat the welfare of corporations as a top priority.
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Reports
Wall Street Bonuses Decline But Still Dwarf Worker Pay Increases Since 2008 Crash
Since 2008, the average Wall Street bonus has climbed by more than 75 percent, compared to just a 54 percent increase in average earnings of all private sector workers and a 42 percent rise in manufacturing wages. If the minimum wage had increased as much as Wall Street bonuses since 1985, it would be worth $42.37 today.
Report: “Extreme Wealth: The growing number of people with extreme wealth and what an annual wealth tax could raise”
An annual wealth tax on the world’s richest could raise $1.7 trillion globally.
REPORT: Homecoming: The Greater Birmingham Community Speaks on Regional Cooperation and a More Inclusive Economy
Greater Birmingham, AL, has experienced a resurgence in economic growth and civic engagement. Yet the benefits of this prosperity are not widely shared.
IPS Brief: Mining Companies Use Trade Agreements to Attack Indigenous Rights in Colombia and Beyond
With our allies, we’ve prepared a legal brief to support the Wayúu people’s rights to water, health, and food sovereignty in Colombia.