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
Climate Science can Weather a Winter Storm
Big snowstorms don’t disprove climate change.
The Big Score in this Year’s Super Bowl
The Packers aren’t the personal plaything of some rich family or profiteering corporate consortium.
The Media Flunks WikiLeaks 101
Pressures are mounting internationally for us to behave ourselves, as we have recently been forced to do in Egypt.
House Un-Christian Activities Committee
Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of your neighborhood mosque?
Global Solidarity is on the Rise for Mexican Workers Too
Like Egyptians, Mexicans need international solidarity to help move to a real democracy.
Robin Hood 2.0
Men in tights are taking on the global financial industry.
Activists in More than 20 Countries Urge G20 Leaders to Tax Speculators
IPS Global Economy and climate experts are available for comment.
U.S. Groups Join Global Call to Tax Speculators
Over 30 national organizations signed this letter urging President Obama to take action at home and abroad to stop rampant financial speculation.
The Lineup: Week of February 14-20, 2011
Sarah Anderson reflects on her great-grandfather’s experience as a Civil War veteran and Donald Kaul remembers why he liked Ike.
Civil War and the Safety Net
A young nation, ravaged by war, invented new ways of creating economic opportunities and protections–at least for one segment of its citizens.