New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has insulted the generations of men and women who put their lives on the line for equal rights.
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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
Playing with Fire
Instead of firing teachers, closing libraries and senior centers, and cutting bus routes, let’s put the Pentagon on a diet.
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Profiting from the Pentagon
A two-war strategy is like a two-car garage — you’ll own two cars sooner or later.
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Save the Babies
GOP lawmakers are howling to overturn the EPA’s mercury regulations.
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Planned Parenthood
If your corporation wrecks the environment, that’s none of our business.
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Whistle-Blowing Takes Guts
Bringing war crimes, diplomatic treachery, and animal abuse to light is dangerous.
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Karen Dolan Weighs in on Romney’s Latest Gaffe
The “ample safety net” that Mitt referenced during an interview with CNN’s Soledad O’Brien would be shredded if his policies were to be enacted.
Read moreA Better Way of Measuring Progress in Maryland
GDP doesn’t measure most of what’s necessary for a good life.
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The Lineup: Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 2012
Donald Kaul unveils his new Super PAC in this campaign finance special edition.
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Immobility Nation
For most people facing poverty today in the United States, the concept of America as the land of opportunity is just a fable.
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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.