The president just benefited from lifesaving, taxpayer-funded measures. He has no business blocking Americans from getting the same.
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
Will Today’s Millennials Ever Live in a More Equal USA?
If current distributional trends continue, new Fed wealth data suggest, our future divides will be even wider.
Read moreA Bittersweet Hispanic Heritage Month
This year, we’re facing high COVID-19 infection rates, job losses, and voter suppression. But we are resilient.
Read moreCelebrating Somali Workers Standing Up to Amazon
The Minnesota-based Awood Center is receiving a prestigious human rights award for their support of immigrant warehouse workers fighting for their dignity and justice on the job.
Read moreTrump Gets Socialized Health Care. What About the Rest of Us?
The president has free access to the best medical care in the world. There’s no reason why the rest of America shouldn’t get what their taxes pay for.
Read moreVacant Housing
A new report addresses housing shortages and vacancies in Los Angeles.
Read moreCan You Imagine Ivanka Trump Consulting for a Pizza Parlor?
At tax time in a plutocratic America, anything goes for a family like the Trumps.
Read moreYou Paid More Taxes Than Donald Trump
There are two tax systems in America: one for you and me, and one for the wealthiest 0.1 percent.
Read moreTrump, the Job Killer
Debate moderators should ask Trump: If you’ve brought back manufacturing jobs, why have 1,800 U.S. factories closed under your watch?
Read moreInequality and COVID-19 in 13 Charts
A new data visualization series illustrates how the pandemic and flawed policy responses have widened long-standing economic, racial, and gender divides.
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