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
Put a Human Face on Spending Priorities
What are we sacrificing, and at what cost?
American History Requires Study, not Plastic Surgery
The Constitution, like Huckleberry Finn, is in many ways a reflection of its time.
Obama, Inc.
With Daley and Immelt on board, our president is waltzing with the devil.
Elections You Can’t Count On
Our elections aren’t yet like those in Egypt, Haiti, or Belarus, but give us time.
There Goes the Neighborhood
Throughout the Middle East and North Africa, dictators are cursing at Tunisia.
We Need to Rethink, Not Rearm NAFTA
While Canada and the US get ready to move bilaterally to beef up border security, we wonder who benefits from the proposed “security perimeter.”
Mas de 250 Economistas llaman a Reformas que Permitan Controles de Capital
En una carta entregada el 31 de enero, más de 250 economistas hacen un llamado urgente al gobierno de Obama para que reforme las reglas de comercio de los Estados Unidos que restringen el uso de controles de capital.
Justice for a 9-Year-Old Girl’s Killers in the Courts and in Print
Everyone should have heard about the murder of Brisenia Flores by now.
Renovating The New York Times Op-Ed Section
A former Martha Stewart Living executive editor gets a pivotal job at the Grey Lady.
The Lineup: Week of January 31-February 6, 2011
Jim Hightower highlights a mountaintop removal mining breakthrough and Donald Kaul reviews GOP proposals for slashing federal spending.