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 ‘Declaration of Independence’ Created a Country for Immigrants. What Happened?
A closer look at the United States’ founding document reveals a failure to live up to the principles and ideals expressed in it.
Unions Have Survived Tough Times Before
The Supreme Court just dealt unions a crushing blow, but they’ve endured worse — and come out stronger.
Minimum Wage? It’s Time to Talk About a Maximum Wage
Conservatives try to laugh off the idea of capping executive pay – but it’s an idea with a distinguished history.
The Heat: Canada’s decision to legalize marijuana
Canada recently became the first industrialized nation to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes.
Still Another Reason to Cheer LeBron James
An iconic basketball superstar reminds us that raising taxes on the rich will not end civilization as we know it.
Why ‘Janus’ Figures to Juice Income Inequality in America
Any court ruling that limits how effectively unions can bargain on behalf of workers, even mainstream economists recognize, concentrates wealth at our economic summit.
How to Restore Taxes on Inheritances
With the estate tax further weakened, is it time to pivot to an inheritance tax?
Corporate Wage Theft is on the Rise
Executives have a powerful incentive to cheat their workers: to pad their own exorbitant paychecks.
Donald Trump is Flirting With Fascism
His language is right out of the Nazi playbook.
How U.S. Economic Policies Contribute to Asylum Seekers
Many of the families detained at the U.S.-Mexico border have lost their livelihoods as a result of U.S. economic policies.