Here’s everything you need to know about the urgency of fair tax reforms to pay for vital public investments and reverse extreme inequality.
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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Infrastructure Must Include the Care Economy
This crisis of care could be prevented if Congress were to take bold action to fund human infrastructure.
Read moreHow Uncle Sam Can Encourage Corporations to Be More Patriotic
By using the power of the public purse, we can encourage federal contractors to be upstanding corporate citizens.
Read moreHistoric Relief for American Families Is on Its Way to Your Bank Account
If you’re a parent, odds are you’ll be getting a direct deposit very soon.
Read moreWhat Happens Economically When Wealth Tilts to the Top?
Most of us see immoral ugliness wherever wealth concentrates. Much more lurks that we need to see.
Read moreExcessive Corporate Power is a Root Cause of Migration
Under U.S. trade agreements, corporations are suing developing country governments for sums that far outstrip the value of humanitarian aid.
Read morePeter Thiel’s $5 Billion Roth IRA: Only the Size is News
Lawmakers have known about this giant loophole for years. Now it’s time to do something about it.
Read morePoor People’s Campaign Marches on Washington to ‘Blunt the Political Effects of Wealth Inequality’
West Virginia and Kentucky activists vow to continue pressing Manchin and McConnell on democracy and economic reforms.
Read moreAn Inequality Even Conservative Justices Can’t Swallow
A unanimous Supreme Court throws a monkey-wrench into a college sports scene that’s minting mega millionaires.
Read moreNow’s the Time to Unrig the Tax Code
Leaked IRS data proves the rumors are true: Many billionaires pay no income taxes. Will that spur reform?
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