The federal minimum wage has not been raised in 10 years, the longest period without an increase since the program was implemented.
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Economic 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
Decent, Secure Housing Is a Basic Human Right
New York’s latest housing legislation turns the tables on the landlord class, offering protections for renters.
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“Freedom Gas” Will Be Used to Justify Oppression at Home and Abroad
As anti-extraction protests gain momentum, government responds with threats of federal prison time for those who interfere with the fossil fuel industry.
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How Fair Housing Laws Can Advance Environmental Justice and Racial Equity
Residents of Eight Mile, Alabama await a HUD ruling on a dangerous gas leak. Meanwhile, NCRC and the South Alabama Center for Fair Housing evaluate other legal options to secure compensation for the community.
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How Wealthy Have Our Super Wealthy Become?
We now have some new clues, thanks to the tax-evasion records whistleblowers have been so generously sharing.
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Trump Targets Cuba’s Tourism and Small Businesses
Trump administration sanctions imposing new travel restrictions on Cuba will have no effect on Cuba’s support for Venezuela.
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The Misadventures of ‘Tariff Man’
For Donald Trump, tariffs are a substitute for diplomacy, just as harassment in his personal life is a substitute for normal human interaction
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In an Unequal America, Empathy, Not Just Housing, Has Become Too Pricey
The wealthy feel aggrieved by the presence of homeless folks, yet they’re the ones driving the affordable housing crisis.
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Business School Graduates — Don’t Work for Billionaires
Billionaires have become a protected class, employing the brightest graduates to defend and multiply their assets and privileges. Don’t help them exacerbate inequality.
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MLB Players Are Getting Stiffed
If corporations treat millionaire assets this way, imagine how they’ll treat you.
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Reports
REPORT: Homecoming: The Greater Birmingham Community Speaks on Regional Cooperation and a More Inclusive Economy
Greater Birmingham, AL, has experienced a resurgence in economic growth and civic engagement. Yet the benefits of this prosperity are not widely shared.
IPS Brief: Mining Companies Use Trade Agreements to Attack Indigenous Rights in Colombia and Beyond
With our allies, we’ve prepared a legal brief to support the Wayúu people’s rights to water, health, and food sovereignty in Colombia.
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.
The Other Side of the Storm
What Do Black Immigrant Domestic Workers in the Time of Covid-19 Teach Us About Building a Resilient Care Infrastructure?