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

If Ireland Can Get Out of Fossil Fuels, Your Town Can Too

Almost 900 cities, universities, and governments have divested over $6 trillion from the fossil fuel industry. Why not yours?

About Those Low CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios

This year’s historic new CEO-worker pay gap disclosures have revealed a handful of big companies with modest internal pay gaps. Should we be applauding?

You’ve Heard of the Gender Pay Gap, But There’s More

It takes the typical black woman all the way till August to earn what a white male worker got paid last year.

Is Trump Lying About Economic Gains?

GDP is high. Unemployment is low. Why are we still seeing unprecedented levels of economic inequality?

New Currencies for a New Economy

To build local power, activists in Bristol are taking aim at the root of all evils: money.

Lancaster Shows How to Say No to Geo Group

A Pennsylvania county goes up against a giant of the private prison industry and comes out victorious.

Collective Action is Key to Keeping Labor Strong

As long as workers band together, they can make concrete improvements in their working conditions.

If You Take a Charitable Tax Deduction, You Should Actually Give to Charity

Wealthy donors are hoarding money in shady ‘charity’ accounts in the face of urgent community needs.

Help Spread the Word: #StopWarehousingWealth

Help us spread the word about our latest report, “Warehousing Wealth: Donor-Advised Charity Funds Sequestering Billions in the Face of Growing Inequality”

Creating Pension Plan Chaos for Teachers, Firefighters, and Cops

Hedge fund billionaires have been feasting off the futures of public employees – and the publics they serve.

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Reports

Report: Warehousing Wealth

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

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

Report: Students Under Siege

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson, Karen Dolan, 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, Jessicah Pierre, Josh Hoxie | May 8, 2018

Taxing Wealth to Fund College for All in California

Report: CEO-Worker Pay Ratios in the Banking Industry

Bartlett Naylor, Sarah Anderson | 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.

Report: High Flyers 2017

Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie | November 29, 2017

How the private jet lobby shifts costs to the rest of us, threatens our security, and fuels a warming planet.

Report: Billionaire Bonanza 2017

Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie | November 8, 2017

The Forbes 400 and the Rest of Us

Report: I Dream Detroit

Kimberly Freeman Brown, Marc Bayard | October 10, 2017

The Voice and Vision of Women of Color on Detroit's Future.

Report: The Road to Zero Wealth

Chuck Collins, Dedrick Asante-Muhammed, Emanuel Nieves, Josh Hoxie | September 11, 2017

How the Racial Wealth Divide is Hollowing Out America’s Middle Class

Report: Corporate Tax Cuts Boost CEO Pay, Not Jobs

Sarah Anderson | August 30, 2017

This 24th annual report rebuts the GOP claim that slashing the corporate tax rate will lead to more and better jobs.

Report: Reversing Inequality

Chuck Collins | August 7, 2017

Unleashing the Transformative Potential of an Equitable Economy

Report: The Wall Street Bonus Pool and Low Wage Workers

Sarah Anderson | March 15, 2017

The 2016 bonus pool held enough dollars to lift the pay of all of the country's more than 3 million servers up to $15 an hour.

Report: Gilded Giving

Chuck Collins, Helen Flannery, Josh Hoxie | November 16, 2016

Top-Heavy Philanthropy in an Age of Extreme Inequality

Report: Combat Vs. Climate

Ellen Powell, Miriam Pemberton, Nathan Doctor | October 5, 2016

The Military and Climate Security Budgets Compared

Report: Ever-Growing Gap

Chuck Collins, Dedrick Asante-Muhammed, Emanuel Nieves, Josh Hoxie | August 8, 2016

Without Change, African-American and Latino Families Won't Match White Wealth for Centuries

Utilities Pay Up

Janet Redman, Sarah Anderson, Scott Klinger | July 19, 2016

How ending tax dodging by America's electric utilities can help fund a job-creating, clean energy transition.

Report: Mothers at the Gate

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson, Karen Dolan, Nell Bernstein | May 4, 2016

A movement of family members is developing around the country that aims to challenge both the conditions in which their loved ones are held and the fact of mass incarceration itself.