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
Where Will We Find the Money?
Schools, housing, hospitals, roads aren’t a match for loopholes for the rich.
The Lineup: Week of March 28-April 3, 2011
Phyllis Bennis underscores the risks posed by the U.S.-led military intervention in Libya.
Attack on Libya May Unleash a Long War
Libyan protesters asked for help, but the military attacks they’re getting may actually create a whole new set of problems that could last a very long time.
Nuclear Power Rips off Taxpayers
Whether you support nuclear power or not, subsidizing and thereby artificially lessening the nuclear power industry’s financial risks is just plain fiscally irresponsible.
Unsafe at Any Exposure
There’s no safe level of radiation exposure.
Budget Cuts and Corporate Tax Cheats
Global corporations are gaming our tax system and paying nothing, zero, zip toward government services they enjoy.
Sarah Palin and the Dozen Dwarfs
The tea party effect: no Republican who can win the general election in 2012 can be nominated.
Perry’s ‘Texanity’ Explained
The nation’s leader in abstinence-only education has the third-highest teen pregnancy rate.
Nuclear Generations
Obama’s preparing for many generations of nukes.
Environmental Ruination’s Corporate Sponsors
Energy moguls think that environmentalists would be happy to see our nation freeze in the dark.