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

A Thank You to Martin Khor, Champion of Global Equity

Malaysian economist Martin Khor was one of the world’s leading advocates of policies to reduce economic disparities within and between nations.

A Trillion in Prevention

For working people, our economy was never as strong as it seemed. The trillions we invest in recovering from the coronavirus must change that.

Millions Left Jobless By Coronavirus Get Extra $600 a Week

The wealthy argue safety net programs create an incentive for folks to stop working. They’re wrong, but especially so during pandemics like the coronavirus.

We Need a Coronavirus Truce

International cooperation needs to take priority right now, and countries must stop their wars against one another and against their own populations.

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.

Athletes 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.

Why 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.

Open the Borders. Open the Prison Gates. Don’t Sacrifice a Single Person to This Virus.

Closed borders and ICE raids mean crowded detention centers and camps, which is always inhumane. In a pandemic, it’s a global public health threat.

We 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.

Where 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.

Black Worker Initiative

Criminalization of Race and Poverty

Drug Policy

Global Economy

Inequality.org

Program on Inequality and the Common Good

National Priorities Project

Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Reports

Report: Who is Buying Seattle?

Chuck Collins | October 11, 2019

The deep and persistent racial wealth divide will not close without bold, structural reform.

Report: Dreams Deferred

Chuck Collins, Dedrick Asante-Muhammed, Josh Hoxie | January 13, 2019

How Enriching the 1% Widens the Racial Wealth Divide

Report: Gilded Giving 2018

Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, Helen Flannery | November 19, 2018

Top-Heavy Philanthropy and Its Risks to the Independent Sector

Report: Agricultural Cooperatives

Michael Paarlberg | November 8, 2018

Opportunities and Challenges for African American Women in the South

Report: OceanaGold in the Philippines

John Cavanagh, Robin Broad, Catherine Coumans, Rico La Vina | October 29, 2018

Ten Violations that Should Prompt Its Removal

Report: Pay, Professionalism, and Respect

Marc Bayard, Kimberly Freeman Brown | October 5, 2018

Black Domestic Workers Continue the Call for Standards in the Care Industry

Report: Towering Excess

Chuck Collins, Emma de Goede | September 10, 2018

The Perils of the Luxury Real Estate Boom for Bostonians

Executive Excess 2018

Sarah Anderson | August 28, 2018

How Taxpayers Subsidize Giant Corporate Pay Gaps

Report: Warehousing Wealth

Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, Helen Flannery | July 25, 2018

Donor-Advised Charity Funds Sequestering Billions in the Face of Growing Inequality

Report: Students Under Siege

Karen Dolan, Ebony Slaughter-Johnson, Myacah Sampson | July 24, 2018

How the school-to-prison pipeline, poverty, and racism endanger our school children

Report: Restoring Opportunity in California

Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, Jessicah Pierre | May 8, 2018

Taxing Wealth to Fund College for All in California

Report: CEO-Worker Pay Ratios in the Banking Industry

Sarah Anderson, Bartlett Naylor | April 26, 2018

A decade after the crash, excessive pay is still a problem at the mega-banks and the 2nd-tier firms that stand to benefit from the current deregulation push.