Rep. Cori Bush delivered a win for millions of renters, but inequalities that make Black women particularly vulnerable to evictions continue.
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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IPS Mourns the Death of AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka
The former mineworker received the Institute’s Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award in 1990 for his leadership in the successful Pittston coal strike.
Read moreA China-U.S. Face-Off Worth Cheering, Not Fearing
Instead of itching for a new Cold War, our superpowers ought to be itching for greater equality — on both sides of the Pacific.
Read moreRural Towns Deserve Better Than Prison Jobs
Rural prison towns need jobs. There are better ones than guarding people in cages.
Read moreThe Civilian Climate Corps Could Be Transformative. Will Democrats Meet the Moment?
The climate jobs program in the budget reconciliation deal should build on FDR’s initiative in ways that advance equity for all.
Read moreBiden Made Big Compromises on Climate — and Movements That Backed Him Are Livid
The climate crisis rages on as Biden prioritizes bipartisanship on an infrastructure bill that guts climate action.
Read moreDespite Republican Boycott, Dems Launch New Inequality Committee
Over the next two years, they will study the problem of economic disparity and develop policy solutions.
Read moreTaxing Lifetime Gains Serves Different Fairness Goal Than Estate Tax
The “basis step-up” allows wealthy people to avoid paying income tax on lifetimes of investment gains.
Read morePaving a Pathway to Citizenship Also Means Paving a Pathway to Recovery
Immigrants played a key role in keeping families and the economy functioning during the pandemic. Congress must ensure these essential workers share in the benefits of recovery.
Read moreAmerica’s Billionaires: Borrowing Their Way to Ever More Fabulous Fortunes
The great painter Diego Rivera would not appreciate what our richest are using for collateral.
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