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
Trump and the Dynasty Defense Industry
The president wouldn’t have his billions without the professionalized wealth protection racket.
Share the Wealth? Of Course. But When?
Redistribution via the tax code, progressives on both sides of the Atlantic are realizing, only takes us so far. We need to start limiting inequality before it can dig in.
America 2018: Even More Gilded Than America 1918
Wealth is more concentrated now than it was in John D. Rockefeller’s day.
Boston’s Luxury Housing Boom Is Expanding The City’s Racial and Class Divides
Secretly owned — and often uninhabited — luxury condos are driving up rents for all Bostonians. What can the city do?
Here’s What We Could Have If We Slashed the Military Budget
The US military budget sucks up an enormous amount of resources without making the world more peaceful or democratic. Here are a few ways we could better spend that $717 billion.
Trump Tax Plan 2.0 Cements the Worst Economic Policy in a Generation
House Republicans are doubling down on reforms that awarded tax giveaways to corporations and the wealthy.
The ‘Unintended Consequences’ of Letting the Rich Get Richer
Our politics needs to face up to inequality’s deep-set impact on all of us as individuals.
Nike Says ‘Believe in Something.’ Can It Sacrifice Something, Too?
The company has made millions off Colin Kaepernick’s message. That money should go right back to the cause that message supports.
There’s a New Crash Coming
Skyrocketing debt, Wall Street deregulation, a fraying social safety net, and a diminished dollar could soon leave the United States looking like Greece.
Bank Workers Fight to Rein in Global Finance
One often-forgotten group of people have the information — and the motivation — to tame the bests of finance.