Dismantling the IRS, whether by cutting its funding or abolishing it outright, is a gift to the ultra-wealthy for whom U.S. taxes are already becoming voluntary.
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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New Yorkers Care About Care. The State Budget Should, Too.
Workers, clients, and advocates rallied in Albany to secure living wages for their state’s hardworking and underpaid home care workers. Will the governor listen?
Read morePresident Biden: Don’t Negotiate With Fiscal Terrorists
If Biden gives in, he’ll be as much to blame for a possible recession and spiking economic hardship as McCarthy and his party of extremists will be.
Read moreCan Our ‘Labs of Democracy’ Once Again Deliver?
In the near future, our states will have to determine whether we truly tax the rich.
Read moreBiden Is Right: You Shouldn’t Pay a Higher Tax Rate Than Billionaires
The president has renewed his call for a “billionaire minimum tax.” If Congress won’t listen, states should.
Read moreBiden Presented a Bold Agenda. Can He Back It Up?
The president had much to celebrate in his State of the Union address. But to finish the job, he needs to take executive action.
Read moreDefend the Postal Service, Defend Good Jobs for Black Workers
The U.S. Postal Service is a vital source of decent jobs for Black workers. Instead of cutting or privatizing services, this public agency should expand to meet 21st century needs.
Read moreMust Larceny Always Overpower Honesty?
In deeply unequal societies, the thieving always thrive.
Read moreAn absurd issue demands an absurd solution: Let’s mint a bazillion-dollar coin to bring the curtain down forever on the Republicans’ farcical debt-ceiling theater
Congressional Republicans don’t want fiscal responsibility. They want to destroy the government’s ability to improve the lives of American citizens.
Read moreA ‘Down’ Year for Our Deepest Pockets?
Billionaire fortunes have shriveled a bit over the past year. Billionaire power hasn’t.
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