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
The True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy: How the Taxpayer Subsidizes Stockpiled Wealth
Our report estimates that the direct taxpayer subsidy for charitable giving is $111 billion a year.
Building Cleaners Rally for Fair Wages and Life-Saving Benefits
A Q&A with a veteran building cleaner on what’s at stake for her workplace, her union, and her city’s working class.
REPORT: The True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy
New analysis details how the ultra-wealthy use charitable giving to avoid taxes and exert influence, while ordinary taxpayers foot the bill.
New Report from the Institute for Policy Studies Reveals the True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy
The new analysis details how the ultra-wealthy use charitable giving to avoid taxes and exert influence, while ordinary taxpayers foot the bill.
Would Your DAF Rather Be a Charity or a Warehouse?
It’s pretty hard to figure out donor-advised funds’ MOs. Our new analysis discerns sponsor priorities from their public websites.
On Veterans Day, Let’s Care for Veterans and Our Communities
Can we envision more dignified programs for veterans, and use this model to treat other communities with the same ideal of care?
FACT SHEET: Invest in Communities, Not Violence
Here’s how legislators have splurged on militarism, and what could happen if those funds instead benefited people and communities.
80+ Organizations Urge Biden to Reject Inhumane Cuts to Critical Programs
The ProsperUS coalition issued a letter, as covered in HuffPost, calling on the White House to protect funding for critical domestic programs as shutdown looms
Yes, We Actually Can Do Something About CEO Pay
A new report highlights effective policies to narrow CEO-worker gaps and marks progress to date.
The Global Significance of the UAW’s Win
The watershed agreements America’s auto workers won could inspire working people here and abroad. And that’s by design.