Marc Steiner spoke with Chuck Collins and Kalena Thomhave about their new IPS report on the 13 US states that the worst enablers of billionaire wealth hiding.
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.
Latest Work
Inaction Costs City of Boston $20 Million+ in Funds for Affordable Housing
New analysis from the Institute for Policy Studies shows how much Boston’s failure to enact a luxury real estate tax has cost the city.
Read moreThe High Cost of Beacon Hill Inaction
IPS Report Documents Missing Millions as Massachusetts State Legislature Fails to Act on Boston’s Luxury Transfer Tax
Read moreItaly’s Far Right Rode Inequality to Victory — But Has No Answers for It
A let-the-rich-be government has opened the doors to the smiling heirs of Italy’s neofascist factions.
Read morePoor People Will Be Voting for Their Lives in the Midterms
New poverty data reveals the effectiveness of pandemic aid programs that are now expired. For poor Americans, building on that success is a matter of life and death.
Read moreBillionaire Enabler States: How U.S. States Captured by the Trust Industry Help the World’s Wealthy Hide Their Fortunes
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies shows how 13 U.S. states shield billionaires – and what we can do about it.
Read moreA Voice at the United Nations the World Needs to Hear
The UN’s secretary-general is speaking truth – about inequality — to our world’s leaders.
Read moreThe data is in: Poverty is a political choice
Common sense federal investments caused poverty to plunge during the pandemic shock. If we fail to renew them, we’re choosing poverty.
Read moreCan’t Beat the Heat? Blame Inequality
Why poor neighborhoods are often hotter than rich neighborhoods — and what to do about it.
Read more