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
Our Corporate Courts
In its effort to scuttle President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform, the right wing has gone court shopping.
Taxes Worth Fighting For
Great lumps of cash and property will now pass tax-free from expired rich geezers, who may or may not have earned them, to their kids–who surely didn’t.
Military Industrial Humor
What we call “defense” is pretty funny.
Corporate Lobby Launches Weak Counter-Attack on Capital Controls
As more than 250 economists call on Obama to allow capital controls on trade agreements, the corporate lobby responds with distorted facts.
The Lineup: Week of February 6-13, 2011
Chris Toensing argues that Democrats and Republicans alike have long wished that Egypt and other U.S.-allied Arab states would forever remain docile dictatorships.
Silencing Human Trafficking Victims in America
Women should be able to access victim services, regardless of their immigration status.
No More Mr. Nice Autocracy
Democrats and Republicans alike have long wished that U.S.-allied Arab states would forever remain docile dictatorships.
Key Hand Sanitizer Ingredient May Cause More Harm than Good
Triclosan can impair thyroid function, upset estrogen and testosterone levels, and promote problems that could interfere with fetal development.