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
![Poor People’s Campaign State Fact Sheets – 2023](https://149358047.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/poor-peoples-campaign-virginia-1080x675.jpg)
Poor People’s Campaign State Fact Sheets – 2023
A detailed look at poverty, racism, militarism, and ecological devastation in all 50 states plus D.C.
![The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change](https://149358047.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Bangladesh-flooding-1080x675.jpg)
The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change
We praise charity efforts to combat climate change in countries like Bangladesh as generous, without critiquing why they are made necessary in the first place.
![An Alternative to Social Security Cuts: Make CEOs Pay Their Fair Share](https://149358047.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/united-to-protect-social-security-action-1024x675.jpg)
An Alternative to Social Security Cuts: Make CEOs Pay Their Fair Share
Let’s raise the contribution cap, get rid of tax preferences for gilded CEO retirement accounts, and use the extra revenue to expand retirement benefits.
![The Boldest Step to Close the Racial Wealth Divide in Generations](https://149358047.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Baby-Bonds-racial-wealth-divide.jpg)
The Boldest Step to Close the Racial Wealth Divide in Generations
One state’s “Baby Bonds” program should be a model for the whole country.
![Debt Ceiling Deal Reinforced Washington’s Old Double Standard for Military Spending](https://149358047.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/military-spending-1080x675.jpg)
Debt Ceiling Deal Reinforced Washington’s Old Double Standard for Military Spending
The budget deal was supposed to slow spending, but the most expensive federal agency didn’t get a budget cut — it got a raise.
![Wealth Inequality, Trade Agreements & How a Progressive Annual Wealth Tax Could Help Promote Economic Democracy](https://149358047.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/BLID-Logo.jpg)
Wealth Inequality, Trade Agreements & How a Progressive Annual Wealth Tax Could Help Promote Economic Democracy
Omar Ocampo joins Bringing Light into Darkness (BLID) to discuss IPS’ Report: “Extreme Wealth: The Growing Number of People With Extreme Wealth and What an Annual Wealth Tax Could Raise.”
![For GOP, Debt Ceiling Deal Was Never About Debt — It Was About Conserving Power](https://149358047.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/McCarthy-GOP-fiscal-responsibility-act-1080x675.jpg)
For GOP, Debt Ceiling Deal Was Never About Debt — It Was About Conserving Power
Conservatives weaponized the debt deal to consolidate power. Let’s use the budget to create new power structures.
![Social Security’s Back in the GOP’s Crosshairs: Here’s an Alternative to Cuts](https://149358047.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/social-security-card-1080x675.jpg)
Social Security’s Back in the GOP’s Crosshairs: Here’s an Alternative to Cuts
Washington’s months-long debate over raising the debt ceiling started with some prominent Republicans calling to slash Social Security.
![The Mineral Rush](https://149358047.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/united-states-china-lithium-resources.jpg)
The Mineral Rush
Wealthy countries are angling for access to the resources of poorer countries to power a “clean energy” transition. But this transition is about so much more than that.
![In This Washington, the Fantastically Rich Are Finally Frowning](https://149358047.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/washington-state-capitol-building-1080x675.jpg)
In This Washington, the Fantastically Rich Are Finally Frowning
A new state tax on the wheeling and dealing of the wealthy is reaping far more revenue than expected