The United States is awaiting its own nuclear catastrophe before changing course.
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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
Endless War
Uncle Sam thinks he’s starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Interview with Roe v. Wade Lawyer Sarah Weddington
Nearly 40 years after the landmark Supreme Court decision, Sarah Weddington is still a tireless advocate for women.
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Law and Order 24/7, Except at Tax Time
The rich don’t much like paying taxes when tax rates run high. They don’t much like paying taxes when tax rates run low either.
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The Lineup: Week of Jan. 16-22, 2012
Andrew Korfhage underscores the dangers of natural-gas fracking following Ohio’s recent spate of earthquakes.
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A Recipe for Climate Action
Just a pinch of fear can go a long way.
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Uncle Sam Is Sheltering the SWAG Economy
Silver, wine, art, and gold are scarce, transportable, and long-lasting physical assets that make handy tax shelters.
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Let’s Stop Sentencing Children to Life without Parole
This practice, banned in most of the world, is common in the United States.
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Ohio Earthquakes Underscore Fracking Dangers
Unless the industry finds some way to safely dispose of the waste caused by fracking, the entire method is a non-starter.
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What I’m Giving Up in 2012
Big money makes writing about climate change action and gun control a lost cause.
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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.