Community Engagement

Our work is informed by the leadership of affected communities, which is why we do much of it in cities and other localities. We are delving deep into local initiatives to battle economic inequality, help expand the sanctuary movement, organize black workers, and take a human rights approach to criminal justice. Our community-based work is done through partnership with movement building allies on the ground.

Latest Work

COMBAT VS. CLIMATE: The Military and Climate Security Budgets Compared

A new report connects U.S. military engagement and the threat of climate change.

Rare Progressive Victory Will Help Build a Peace Economy

We may have the best chance since the end of the Cold War to achieve a less militarized economy.

What Piketty Forgot

The crisis of capitalism isn’t just about the gap between rich and poor. It’s about the gap between what’s demanded by our planet and what’s demanded by our economy.

Don’t Cut Programs that Help Communities Adjust to Pentagon Spending Reductions

Spring budget season is almost over, and the House and Senate have once again placed parochial politics above budget discipline in their consideration of the Pentagon budget.

Food, Livelihoods, and Bridging Race and Class Divides

If we are to have an economy that works for everyone in harmony with the planet, then everyone has a part to play in the transition.

Spending is Not Growth: The Case Against GDP

It is easy to fall under the misconception that GDP is a reliable indicator of economic growth or of a country’s well-being.

Behind the Kitchen Door: A Must-Read for Anyone Who Eats at Restaurants

More than half of the nation’s worst-paid jobs are related to food. Saru Jayaraman’s new book dives into the explosive movement for better rights for those who plant, process, and cook the food we eat.

It’s the New Economy, Stupid

While Obama’s policies have the short-term potential to improve the lives of many Americans beleaguered by the economic slump, the approach he champions is insufficient to tackle the long-term problems we face.

Inequality Report Card: Grading Congress on Inequality

We evaluate how well members of congress do in supporting legislation and measures to narrow America’s widening economic divide.

Romney Versus Realonomy: A Peek Inside the Bubble

In the real economy – the place where the 99% live and work – it’s hard to take Mitt Romney’s plan seriously; but let’s try to make sense of it anyway, unhindered by logic, arithmetic or the laws of time, space and gravity.