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
Obamas Agenda for Change and the 2009 Summit of the Americas
Barack Obama’s electoral victory represents hope for a change in direction for U.S. relations with Latin America.
Skewed Priorities
The approximately $4.1 trillion that the United States and European governments have committed to bail out financial firms is 40 times the money they’re spending to fight climate and poverty crises in the developing world.
Bailouts Dwarf Spending on Climate and Poverty Crises
The approximately $4.1 trillion that the United States and Europe have committed to rescue financial firms is 40 times the money they’re spending to fight climate and poverty crises in the developing world.
Towards an Economic System that Works for People and the Planet
A civil society statement on the G20 summit from IPS Director John Cavanagh and coalition members.
Swear Off ‘Market Fundamentalism’
As long as U.S. officials continue to refuse to face the reality of a post-market fundamentalist world, they will further contribute to the crisis.
Notes from Election Night
A tongue-in-cheek account of that historic evening.
A New Day
With sweeping Democratic victories in the House, Senate, and presidential races, a new day has dawned for American politics.
Ike Wanted to Spread Wealth, Too
The wealthy of the Eisenhower years paid a hefty share of their income in taxes.
Make the Speculators Pay
Funds for the economic recovery should come from the Wall Street gamblers and the wealthy CEOs who profited from the casino economy.
The Massive Wealth Redistribution that Doesn’t Bother John McCain
Upward wealth redistribution has taken billions of dollars out of the pockets of average Americans.
Reports
Billionaire Wealth vs. Community Health
How U.S. Trade Policy Failed Workers — And How to Fix It
Reimagining School Safety
Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration
Gilded Giving 2020: How Wealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy and Imperils Democracy
White Supremacy is the Preexisting Condition: Eight Solutions to Ensure Economic Recovery Reduces the Racial Wealth Divide
Black Immigrant Domestic Workers in the Time of COVID-19
Report: Billionaire Bonanza 2020
Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide
Report: Agricultural Cooperatives
