Savvy employers play one state against another when they plan new facilities.
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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
Islamophobic Contest
Better dead than Mohammed.
Read moreSomebody vs. Someone Else vs. Obama
Two months into 2012, the presidential race is unusually unpredictable.
Read moreNurses Fight for a Dose of Tax Justice
Before there was Occupy, thousands of nurses were already taking on Wall Street to demand a financial transaction tax.
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The Lineup: Week of Feb. 20-26, 2012
Raul A. Reyes points out the dangers of “self-deportation,” Mitt Romney’s plan for resolving the nation’s immigration challenges.
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Coal Smoke and Planetary Fever
As the climate changes, a deadly disease is on the rise.
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Dodging the Media on the Campaign Trail
Mitt Romney’s Colorado tour illustrates how shallow coverage becomes when candidates evade the scrutiny of real journalists.
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Go Deport Yourself
Romney’s “self-deportation” policy is no joke.
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Legislating Under the Influence
Conservatives who want jobless Americans seeking unemployment benefits to submit to mandatory drug testing have a hidden motive.
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The Fight over Reproductive Rights
Liberals aren’t trying to make anyone use birth control.
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Reports
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.
Report: Gilded Giving 2022
Our nation’s charitable system is in danger of becoming a taxpayer-subsidized platform of private power for the ultra-wealthy.