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
Don’t Bet on Huntsman
Huntsman might be that magic Republican: one orthodox enough to win the GOP nomination but flexible enough to succeed in the general election. I wouldn’t bet on it.
The Sixties Made Me Do It
What is it about confession that the Catholic hierarchy can’t seem to grasp?
The SEC Foxes
For these suits going through the SEC’s revolving door, ethics rules are for the birds.
Education Is Universal but Unequal
If we want to preserve America’s status as a world leader, we had better start pouring money into preparing poor kids for leadership.
A Peaceful End to the War on Drugs?
The international war on drugs isn’t stopping drug use or trafficking — but it is ruining lives. Drug policy expert Sanho Tree on what we can do differently.
Watch Out for Those Brain Cancer Apps
World Health Organization scientists want cell phones classified as a “possible carcinogen.”
iHate Corporate Tax Dodgers: How Apple Avoids Paying its Fair Share
Apple looks downright patriotic next to master tax dodgers like General Electric and Boeing, but it still pays far less than it should.
The Lineup: Week of May 30-June 5, 2011
William A. Collins sums up the nation’s health care woes and Martha Burk calls for corporate boardrooms to stop doubling as old boys’ clubhouses.
A Decade of Magical Tax-Cut Thinking
The 2001 Bush tax cuts added $2.5 trillion to the national debt and disproportionately benefited the wealthiest households. Have we learned anything?
Mobile Mugging
If AT&T is allowed to acquire T-Mobile, just two wireless giants will control nearly 80 percent of the nation’s cellphone market.