Before he died, Martin Luther King, Jr. joined a campaign to unify working people of all races. Today, nothing could be more powerful.
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
We Can’t Afford Another War
The United States spent over 800 billion dollars on the war in Iraq, while social services and infrastructure crumbled at home.
Read moreThreat of War Inflates Stock Holdings of Military Contractor CEOs
As long as the top executives of our privatized war economy can reap unlimited rewards, the profit motive for war in Iran, or anywhere, will persist.
Read moreCredit Cards Are Making Us Lots More Unequal
With every purchase, those credit cards in our wallets are reinforcing a rich people-friendly America.
Read moreThe White House Crusade to Kill Food Assistance
This rule change doesn’t promote work — it promotes misery. And it’s only the beginning.
Read moreSupport Native Businesses This Holiday Season
Native American products enrich many corporations — but often not Natives themselves. We can change that.
Read moreSave the Minor Leagues
Driven by greed, Major League Baseball wants to kill 42 franchises in the towns that made baseball America’s pastime.
Read moreBoston One Step Closer to a Luxury Real Estate Transfer Tax
A proposed 2 percent transfer tax on residential and commercial properties worth over $2 million could raise $169 million for affordable housing annually.
Read moreAre America’s Rich Getting Tired of Winning Yet?
New stats from economist Gabriel Zucman dramatize how spectacularly lucrative the last half-century has been for America’s wealthiest.
Read morePostal Pay Cuts Provoked a General Strike in Finland. US Postal Workers Deserve the Same Solidarity.
The Prime Minister resigned over the nationwide protests, catapulting a 34-year-old woman into Finland’s top job.
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