An expanded child tax credit could create the ‘bootstraps’ to lift the next generation.
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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COVID-19 Has Made the Super-Rich Richer. It’s Time for a Billionaire Wealth Tax
The U.S.’s billionaires have amassed democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power as millions have been thrown into poverty
Read moreWe Should Tax Billionaires’ Wealth to Help Pay for the Pandemic Recovery
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s bill would levy a small tax on billionaire fortunes. It could raise billions for recovery—and help protect our democracy.
Read moreU.S. Trade Policy Has Failed Black and Latinx Workers
Mainstream narratives on trade suggest white workers from the Midwest suffer most from U.S. trade policies. Evidence shows that’s not true.
Read moreTime for the Warren-Jayapal Wealth Tax
Billionaires have reaped tremendous gains during the pandemic. A wealth tax will slow the build-up of democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power.
Read moreFinancial Reserves and the Racial Wealth Gap
Black and Latinx households have less to fall back on when the times get tough.
Read moreAverage Americans Pay Tax on Over Half Their Wealth. Shouldn’t Rich Americans?
Our current national confusion over wealth taxes serves only the wealthy.
Read moreThrough 11 Months of National Pandemic Misery, U.S. Billionaires Have Grown $1.3 Trillion Richer
664 Richest Americans Now Worth a Collective $4.2 Trillion, Up 44 Percent Since COVID Shutdowns Began in March 2020
Read moreU.S. Billionaire Wealth Grows $1.3 trillion Since Mid-March 2020
The 664 richest Americans are now worth a collective $4.2 trillion, up 44 percent since COVID shutdowns began in March 2020.
Read moreCaregivers Need Care Too
A new documentary exposes the need for a federal lifeline for child care providers and working mothers.
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