International cooperation needs to take priority right now, and countries must stop their wars against one another and against their own populations.
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
Bailing Out the Rich — Again
In a deeply unequal America, our democracy clearly has a problem legislating emergency relief without further enriching the already rich.
Read moreAthletes Are Supporting Stadium Workers. Why Aren’t More Owners?
The owners of sports teams make billions off low-wage stadium workers. With games suspended, those workers deserve help.
Read moreWhy CEO Pay Belongs at the Center of the Coronavirus Bailout Debate
The fact that so many Americans are facing dire circumstances now is a direct result of the exploitation economy and we should take this opportunity to change it.
Read moreWe Need a Stimulus that Serves People Over Profit
In the face of another global financial crisis, the coronavirus stimulus is an opportunity to finally reorient our economy to serve people over profits.
Read moreWhere We’re Looking in Times of Crisis
There are plenty of places you can direct your energies to support people taking an economic hit during the pandemic.
Read moreShould Zoom Be a Public Utility?
Online platforms like Zoom and Skype have become basic, public necessities as our lives are upended by the coronavirus. Should they be nationalized?
Read moreThe Government Needs to Act Now to Save Lives — and Build a More Equal System
Medical care is disproportionately available to the rich. To fix this, we need a massive humanitarian response to the coronavirus by the federal government.
Read moreTo Fight This Pandemic, We Need to Take Over the Military’s Resources
Instead of asking the military to take control, the civilian government and public health experts must take over the vast medical resources the military controls and direct them to civilian use.
Read moreIn 2008 We Bailed Out Companies, But Not People. Are We About To Do It Again?
Why debate the coronavirus bill currently before Congress? When Congress rushed through a massive stimulus plan in 2008, it ended up bailing out big businesses but not regular people.
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