Champions of a more egalitarian society made important strides, building the power of workers while reducing the power of wealthy tax dodgers and greedy pharma execs.
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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
Can We Talk Sensibly about Inequality and Ignore the Rich?
Not if we want to see a safe, decent, and sustainable future, say UN researchers
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The Crypto-Populist Pyramid Scam
Here’s how to connect Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele to Sam Bankman-Fried and Bored Ape Yacht Club.
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How Colombia Will Tax the Wealthy
President Gustavo Petro’s government plans to raise $20 trillion Colombian pesos through a hyper-targeted tax on less than one percent of the country’s top earners. Other nations should take notice.
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An Invulnerable Financial Fortress on the Sand
Qatar has our world’s attention, but nearby — and deeply unequal — Dubai might be charting our future
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We Need a Smaller Pentagon
Sorry, but we have too many other needs in this country to spend $858 billion on a department that can’t even pass an audit.
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How Biden and Democrats Can Start Paying Back What They Owe Labor
If he can pressure Congress now into funding the fight against illegal union busting, he can take an important step toward repairing that damage.
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Tax the Rich? We Did That Once
A little history might just inspire us to try that taxing again.
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Four options for Democrats to avert another debt ceiling crisis
The debt ceiling has one use: helping extremists take our seniors, veterans, and kids hostage to political demands. Congress should abolish it now.
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We should be skeptical of billionaires who pledge to share their wealth
Billionaires may claim huge tax deductions for moving money into foundations or donor-advised funds with little to no guarantee that money will ever make it to working charities.
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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.