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

Will Obama’s Push for Jobs Lead to a New Economy?

Back from sabbatical, our director reflects on the challenged of the day and how the Obama administration can face them.

Gold or Water? A Deadly Debate in El Salvador Mines

To protect their water supply, Salvadorans are trying to ban corporate gold mining – and facing threats and violence as a result.

The Tea Party Downgrade: Gambling America’s Future on Wall Street

Securing our future means looking for real solutions to our economic woes, not looking to Wall Street.

Getting Main Street to Call the Shots

America has plenty of cash, but it’s in the wrong pockets.

How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule

The most powerful master is the one who rules unseen and unmentioned.

Like Water for Gold in El Salvador

The story of a community’s effort to ban gold mining in El Salvador involves environmental martyrs, powerful economic interests, and a DC-based tribunal that can trump democracy.

“How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule,” New Report, Proposes a Way Out of Economic Recession

As Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke discusses preventing inflation, a new report being released next week calls for restructure of the Fed, bank localization, and more.

An Appeal to U2: Who is More Rooted?

Anti-poverty crusaders like Bono call critical attention to what’s wrong with the world. But what if we also showed who’s doing it right?

The Road Not Built: Redefining Progress At Home and Abroad

Local opposition to a proposed road in Trinidad brings new understanding of “progress,” and what it means to be rooted.

We’re Not Broke, Just Twisted

Reversing tax giveaways to the super-rich and the nation’s largest corporations could raise $4 trillion within a decade and avert possible government closures.