Military recruiters deliberately exploit the financial and social insecurities of teenagers to enlist more soldiers.
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Racial & Gender Justice
Working to combat economic inequality, achieve climate justice, and build peace requires solutions designed to dismantle systemic racism and patriarchy. That’s why all of our projects seek to intersect and achieve justice across gender, diversity, and race, in addition to class.
Latest Work
Teach Anti-Racism in Schools. It’s Worth It.
Research shows engaging directly with our country’s racist past and present helps students of all colors.
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SCOTUS Birth Control Decision Favors Medicare for All
Access to essential medications, like birth control, should not be subject to the whims of our employers.
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Decriminalize Fare Evasion
You don’t go to jail for missing a highway toll. It shouldn’t be any different for fare evasion on public transportation.
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Can Corporations Walk the Walk on Racial Justice?
Many companies are tweeting about their commitment to racial equity, but not practicing it in their own staffing.
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Why Palestinians Are Mourning George Floyd
Black Lives Matter protests have jumped U.S. borders and reached across the world, including Palestine, where Floyd’s murder has struck a chord.
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The Simplest Way to Close the Racial Wealth Gap? Direct Cash Payments
Here’s my proposal: give $20,000 to every American with an enslaved ancestor, every year, for 20 years. We can afford it
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Get Cops Out of Schools: A Factsheet
Educators are waking up to the grave emotional and developmental harm school resource officers cause. School districts must reallocate their resources.
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The Pandemic Is Accelerating the Racial Wealth Divide. Here’s How We Turn It Around.
If we want justice, we must help Black families invest in themselves
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Land of the Unfree
This July 4, let’s lay claim to the freedom and equality we’ve celebrated for centuries, but seldom practiced.
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Reports
Cashing in on Our Homes: Billionaire Landlords Profit as Millions Face Eviction
Billionaire Landlords Profit as Millions Face Eviction
Fact Sheet: Congressional Progressive Caucus Priorities
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released a bold agenda for 2021. This fact sheet analyzes the implications of these priorities for the American people.
Reimagining School Safety
A look at the dangers posed to students by law enforcement and how to invest in real school safety for our nation’s children.
White Supremacy is the Preexisting Condition: Eight Solutions to Ensure Economic Recovery Reduces the Racial Wealth Divide
Eight Solutions to Ensure Economic Recovery Reduces the Racial Wealth Divide.
Black Immigrant Domestic Workers in the Time of COVID-19
Black immigrant domestic workers are at the epicenter of three converging storms—the pandemic, the resulting economic depression, and structural racism.