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
The Lineup: Week of May 23-29, 2011
Kate Colarulli calls for an end to oil and gas tax breaks.
The IMF’s Assault on Women
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s alleged attack on a hotel housekeeper is shocking and deeply symbolic of the IMF’s attitude towards women.
Big Oil’s Free Ride
Instead of working for the American people, many lawmakers are shilling for Big Oil.
Wanted: Real U.S. Leadership
The Arab Spring requires a consistent approach to the shared clarion call of freedom throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
Tax Holiday Would Cheat American Taxpayers
The deceivingly named Win America campaign would actually push the nation further into debt.
Some Good News, at Last
The fact that one of the world’s most powerful financial officials could be arrested and thrown in jail for assaulting a chambermaid gives me hope for my country.
A Little Less Corporate Political Corruption
Obama is thinking about issuing an executive order that would mitigate some of the damage done to our democracy by the Supreme Court’s dastardly Citizens United edict.
DSK’s Defense
It’s part of my job description.
Fukushima, USA
We ought to end this whole nuclear business right now.
How Do International Trade and Investment Rules Affect Public Finance for Development?
Government efforts to finance job creation and other public goods can clash with subsidies restrictions in trade agreements.