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
A Right-Wing Jobs Program for America
To apply, just go directly to jail.
Shredding the Safety Net
As long as the poor remain invisible and voiceless, homelessness and hunger will continue to grow.
Deadly Fluff
News consumers have overdosed on lurid, salacious fluff.
The Lineup: Week of July 25-31, 2011
Marge Baker sums up the Supreme Court’s tendency to rule in favor of corporations in an op-ed accompanied by a Khalil Bendib cartoon.
America Doesn’t Need a Tax-Dodging Industry
If the companies that offshore their profits and design tax scams paid their fair share, we might not have a budget crisis.
Getting Main Street to Call the Shots
America has plenty of cash, but it’s in the wrong pockets.
Too Many Rulings are Supremely Courteous to Corporations
The Walmart case is only one example of the Supreme Court’s growing tendency to side with the interests of big corporations over the rights of ordinary citizens.
Our Non-Nuclear Future
All we need is the political will to fight for serious public investment in sustainable energy.
Injustice Department
Using drugs to help you play a game better isn’t the equivalent of selling crack cocaine to a teenager.
Budgeting for Ignorance
The most shameful assault in state legislatures these days is on our public schools.