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
Reality TV’s “Stories of Stuff”
New reality shows offer an unwitting window in to the new green economy.
John Strangfeld, Prudential – Corporate Tax Dodger
Prudential Financial is reaping low-income housing tax refunds by investing in luxury hotels.
Third Rail Politics at the 2011 Seattle Hempfest
The way things get done in Washington, D.C. depends on closed door whispering. It is time to develop a non-binding straw poll to put partisan concerns aside for the sake of America.
John Faraci, International Paper — Corporate Tax Dodger
International Paper CEO John Faraci received a 75 percent pay hike in 2010. He pocketed $12.3 million.
Can Anyone Tackle Our Tax-Dodging CEOs?
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies documents how America’s top corporate execs are stiffing Uncle Sam – and lavishly lining their own pockets in the process.
The Lineup: Week of Sept. 5-11, 2011
Three op-eds reflect on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
CEOs Rewarded for Corporate Tax Dodging
Shareholders should reward CEOs for building better products or delivering better services, not for accounting gymnastics that game their tax bills down.
9/11 is No Excuse for Bashing Muslims
Violent jihadists don’t represent Islam any more than the Anders Breiviks of the world represent Christianity.
10 Years of 9/11 Wars is Enough
Media caution and skepticism are in short supply.
Al-Qaeda Lost the Battle Long Ago
The terrorist network’s resort to dramatic spectacle was at once a brilliant tactic and a desperate effort to revive its own fortunes.