We can funnel our virus aid tax dollars only to airlines that keep their pay gaps modest.
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
In a Pandemic, We Need Democracy — Not Billionaire Charity
We need a movement to democratize philanthropy — and the concentrated wealth that increasingly defines it.
Read moreMining Injustice Through International Arbitration
Across the Global South, international mining companies use disturbing tactics to forcibly open mining operations against the wills of local communities.
Read moreIt Is Time to Levy a One-Time Pandemic Wealth Tax on Billionaires’ Windfall Gains
How we face this extraordinary inequality is the ultimate test of what kind of country we are and what we will become.
Read moreThe Fox Is Still in the Henhouse at the Post Office
In the face of a historic public outcry, the postmaster general has promised to stop sabotaging essential services — temporarily.
Read moreCall the Victory Women
In a small city in northern New England, one local nonprofit mobilizes to meet the COVID-19 crisis in its New American community.
Read moreAre USPS Cuts Motivated by Voter Suppression or Privatization — or Both?
The Postmaster General’s actions are advancing two of President Trump’s goals: undermining confidence in vote by mail and laying a foundation for postal privatization.
Read moreTwelve US Billionaires Have a Combined $1 Trillion
A disturbing milestone in the concentration of US wealth.
Read moreMy Great-Grandfather Faced Danger as a Mail Carrier. He’d Be Shocked by Trump’s War on USPS.
Donald Trump’s mail slowdown upends a centuries-old work ethic and undercuts essential postal services during a pandemic, just when we need them most.
Read moreMilitary Recruiters Don’t Belong in High Schools
Military recruiters deliberately exploit the financial and social insecurities of teenagers to enlist more soldiers.
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