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
10 Reasons to Revive the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign
Inspired by an initiative cut short by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., moral leaders are planning a wave of civil disobedience.
Maintaining Momentum Against the Tax Bill
Protesters around the country are putting pressure on Congress amid the rush to pass Trump tax cuts.
My No Good, Very Bad Tax Vote Day
As I struggled my way through a crumbling transit system, the Senate was preparing to pass a tax plan that will decimate the resources needed to fix our nation’s infrastructure.
The Government Has Failed the Poor Time and Time Again. Now, They’re Failing the Middle Class,Too.
Since 1980, government programs have been failing America’s poor. The GOP tax legislation essentially re-engineers government to fail America’s middle class, too.
Report: The Poor People’s Campaign, 50 Years Later
Auditing America 50 Years After the Poor People’s Campaign Challenged System Racism, Poverty, Militarism, and our National Morality.
The GOP’s Great Depression Tax Plan
What history will the 2017 tax clash end up making?
Understanding Retail’s Volatile Moment
While you’re holiday shopping, remember the unstable job conditions for retail workers.
How to Stop a Tax Plan Rigged for the Rich
We can take a lesson from 1932.
Outside Tax Prom, Protesters Offer a Different Party
The gala, like the Trump tax plan, caters to the wealthy at the expense of everyone else.
New Report Underscores Massive Tax Giveaways to Private Jet Set
The Private Jet Industry Spent $56 Million Dollars to Lobby Congress to Save More than $1 Billion in Taxes for America’s Most Affluent Fliers