The Walmex bribery scandal casts a spotlight on the retail giant’s many offenses in North America.
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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
Declaration of War
Republican firebrands want to set Romney’s agenda.
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ALEC’s Comeuppance
Not only have the people rebelled, they’ve also organized and mobilized.
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U.S. Torturers are Still Awaiting Arrest
Prosecution is an effective cure for torture.
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Graduating into Debt
Neither a borrower nor a burger flipper be.
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Bank CEOs Gain as Millions Lose Dreams, Retirement to Foreclosure
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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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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Reports
REPORT: The Warfare State: How Funding for Militarism Compromises Our Welfare
Nearly two-thirds of the federal discretionary budget goes to militarized federal programs, leaving just over a third for our communities — a sliver some lawmakers want to cut even further.
REPORT: A Tale of Two Retirements 2023
Our tax code helps CEOs retire in luxury while ordinary workers struggle. Here’s how to fix it.
Report: High Flyers 2023: How Ultra-Rich Private Jet Travel Costs the Rest of Us and Burns Up the Planet
In this report, we assess the environmental, economic, and security risks of private jet travel — and lay out tax reforms to offset them.
Tax Day 2023: Where Your 2022 Tax Dollars Went
IPS’s National Priorities Project takes a look at where American taxpayers’ money went in 2022, and how skewed our national priorities are.
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.