It’s hard to take Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposal seriously.
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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Keystone XL’s Dirty Little Secret
The people and companies pushing the tar-sands pipeline don’t want you to know that most of this oil won’t be made into gasoline for our vehicles.
Read moreTaxing Job Creators
I’ve created lots of jobs….in China.
Read moreWhere We Dwell Is Changing Fast
The American homeownership rate has declined.
Read moreConservative Candidate Supports Wall Street Speculation Tax
The right-wing in France seeks popular support by getting behind a transactions tax on securities trades.
Read moreObama and North American Counterparts Keep it Low Profile at Today’s Three Amigos Summit
Experts available to discuss the failed promises of Obama’s policies towards Canada and Mexico.
Read moreThe Lineup: Week of April 2-8, 2012
Chuck Collins explains what’s behind the “99 percent spring.”
Read moreThe 99 Percent Spring
The people aren’t powerless in the face of extreme inequality.
Read moreOur Failed Cuba Policy Fixation
In an election year, presidential candidates spend a great deal of time bowing before the altar of the creaky Cuban embargo.
Read moreCatching up to the Local Food Revolution
Government policies and spending primarily support industrialized agriculture and the giant farms and corporations that profit from it.
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