To end the tax games rich people play, we need more oomph than isolated officials can deliver.
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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Report: Gilded Giving 2022
Our nation’s charitable system is in danger of becoming a taxpayer-subsidized platform of private power for the ultra-wealthy.
Read moreDoes the Future Belong to People Who Profit Off Our ‘Excessive Wealth Disorder’?
A promising new national campaign is aiming to ‘TURN’ around a profoundly unequal USA.
Read moreGiving USA 2022: Charity Sector Stable but Increasingly Top-Heavy
Giving USA 2022 is the gold-standard report on charitable giving in the United States. But this year’s story glosses over two important pieces of long-term context: what has happened to the giving capacity of typical Americans, and where much of the charitable giving has actually gone.
Read moreNew Ipsos Poll Shows Broad Majority of Americans Support Bold Charity Reform
Concerns about Warehousing Charity Dollars and Tax Subsidies for Wealthy Donors and Perpetual Foundations Transcend Partisan Divide
Read moreNew Ipsos Poll Shows Broad Support for Bold Charity Reform
Concerns about warehousing charity dollars and tax subsidies for wealthy donors and perpetual foundations transcend partisan divide.
Read moreNJ Activists are Fed up With Corporations Pocketing Subsidies Without Creating Local Jobs
The November ballot in Camden may include a proposal to require companies to report how many jobs they’re creating for residents of the low-income city.
Read moreCombating Corporate ‘Pinkwashing’ During Pride Month With Mutual Aid
With a 22 percent poverty rate, the LGBTQ+ community needs more than rainbow flags from multi-million dollar corporations.
Read moreHow to Crack Down on Greedy CEOs, Massive Employee Pay Gaps
There’s an easy way to cap sky-high CEO salaries and limit outrageous pay gaps — and it would actually work.
Read moreTax the Rich, House the Homeless
In L.A., 1 percenters currently pay less than a 1 percent city tax on the mansions they make millions selling.
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