Cities and states are experimenting with trust fund accounts to narrow the racial wealth divide.
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
Congress Takes Historic Step to Tax Stock Buybacks
This provision of the Inflation Reduction Act will discourage corporations from siphoning resources from worker wages and productive investments for share repurchases that inflate CEO pay.
Read moreBaseball Immortality Meets Ungodly Inequality
Superstar Juan Soto gets a new team. His fans get heartbreak. His owners get richer.
Read moreA Proposed Wealth Tax on Colombia’s 4,700+ Richest Would Raise $1 Billion
An Institute for Policy Studies analysis of the progressive tax proposed by incoming Colombian President Gustavo Petro would impact a small percentage of the nation’s wealthiest while raising millions to address widening inequality.
Read moreThe Great Migration Failed to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide. What’s Next?
Real and lasting economic opportunities for Black families will come only through a serious national reckoning on race.
Read moreThe Rise of the Monster DAFs
Rising like monsters from the deep, donor-advised funds (DAFs) have finally caught up with foundations as the wealthy donor’s charitable warehousing vehicle of choice — and are poised to eclipse them.
Read moreFrom the Wall Street Journal: A Deeply Flawed CEO Pay Analysis
The paper’s ‘corporate effectiveness’ lens mischaracterizes the views of management visionary Peter Drucker on pay equity and employee empowerment.
Read moreIt’s Time to Crack Down on Excessive CEO Pay
The pay gap between workers and CEOs at America’s largest low-wage employers is now 670 to 1. That’s obscene.
Read moreReining in Philanthropic Megadonors: What the Data Tell Us Is Needed
While megadonor gifts are celebrated, the growing dominance of large donors speaks to an erosion of democratic values. This must be addressed now.
Read moreEtsy Sellers Strike for a Fairer Marketplace
Artisans rely on Etsy to market their creations, but the platform’s profit-maximizing policies hurt more than they help. Here’s why the sellers went on strike.
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