Economic Justice

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An Opening for a Latin American United Front Against Corporate Lawsuits

A Mexico-Colombia-Brazil alliance would strike a powerful blow against the anti-democratic investor-state arbitration system.

Reports, Resources

Tax Day 2026: The Average Taxpayer Paid $4,049 for War and Weapons

Wars don't just cost taxpayers at the pump. Here's what the average taxpayer spent for different priorities in 2025.

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Attacks on Mail Voting are Attacks on the Working Class

Trump’s executive order to restrict voting by mail would raise the economic barriers to exercising a basic democratic right.

Articles

Multimillion-Dollar CEO Pay at These 20 Low-Wage Companies is Costing You. This is the Only Fix.

CEO pay at the ‘low-wage 20’ averages $18.6 million, while many of their median workers rely on taxpayer-supported Medicaid and SNAP.

Articles

Two Bold Proposals to Tax Wealth Across the Land

Wealth tax proposals from Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren show a growing appetite to rein in the rich.

Reports

Tax Day 2026: The Average Taxpayer Paid $4,049 for War and Weapons

Wars don't just cost taxpayers at the pump. Here's what the average taxpayer spent for different priorities in 2025.

America’s 20 Largest Low-Wage Employers and the Affordability Crisis

Low wages are a key driver of the affordability crisis. These 20 firms pay poverty wages while enriching CEOs.

Restoring the Land: The Movement to Address the Theft of Tribal Territory

The United States, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, also owes its fortune to a great crime—the theft of land...

The Public Postal Service and Rural America

USPS delivers countless benefits to rural communities — benefits that would be at risk if for-profit corporations take over this public service.

The G20 at a Crossroads

An independent assessment of the G20’s impact — and lessons for an equitable economic future.

2025 Rural Policy Action Report: A Roadmap for Rural Progress

A positive agenda to improve rural people’s lives and deliver lower costs, higher wages, and freedom.

Executive Excess 2025

CEO pay and stock buybacks have soared at the 100 largest low-wage corporations.

Bold Ideas for a New Progressive Majority

A visionary exercise for progressives in an age of American fascism from our second annual Wallace Symposium.

The Giving Pledge at 15

15 years on, the Giving Pledge is unfulfilled, unfulfillable, and not our ticket to a fairer, better future.

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Economic Justice

Latest work

Tax Day 2026: The Average Taxpayer Paid $4,049 for War and Weapons

Attacks on Mail Voting are Attacks on the Working Class

Multimillion-Dollar CEO Pay at These 20 Low-Wage Companies is Costing You. This is the Only Fix.

Two Bold Proposals to Tax Wealth Across the Land