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 Dangers of Nuclear ‘Ice-Nine’
We were just about to start getting back into the nuclear energy business ourselves after refraining from building any new nuclear reactors for decades.
Newt Fakes It
Gingrich has been posing as a possible candidate for a decade now, using the attention he gets to promote his books, speeches, lobbying business, and other hustles.
Nuclear War and Peace
Japan’s peacetime and wartime nuclear disasters are like night and day.
Big Bankers Aren’t Like the Rest of Us
The big money lurks in schemes and scams.
The Lineup: Week of March 14-21, 2011
Sanho Tree explains why adopting Colombia’s failed anti-drug policies in Mexico is a mistake and Donald Kaul says we should stay out of Libya.
Colombia Is No Model for Mexico’s Drug War
Far from breaking morale, the tactic of taking out the heads of trafficking groups gives junior thugs a shot at becoming the kingpin–if only briefly.
The Case for Spending More on Public Broadcasting
Before political gamesmanship erases some of our most trusted sources of news and information, we should take a step back and take a serious look at the positive role that public media play around the world.
Free Trade’s Winners and Losers in Latin America
Scrapping tariffs can hurt poor farmers, and a deal with Colombia might boost coca production.
Senate Shenanigans
Secret holds are just an anonymous filibuster.
Let’s Stay out of Libya
Why is it that going to war is the only issue politicians can agree on?