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
Nuclear Winter
If worse comes to worst, and climate change gets out of hand, there’s always plan B: nuclear winter.
Civil Society Responses to the Global Financial and Economic Crisis
This white paper outlines organizing, education, and advocacy efforts being undertaken in response to the financial and economic crisis by groups working in coalition in the United States and around the world.
The Lineup: Week of November 22-28, 2010
Tiffany Williams calls for raising the minimum wage and Lisa Hajjar highlights the recent conviction of Omar Khadr, a Canadian Guantanamo detainee.
Raise the Minimum Wage
Boosting it would help our lowest-paid workers as well as the entire economy.
We Can’t Afford Cheap Meat Anymore
As family farms and ranches fail, consumers suffer, too.
Getting it Wrong in Guantanamo
The government’s case was based largely on Omar Khadr’s own self-incriminating statements, even though he made them after being tortured.
Audio-Visual Accountability
Video cameras keep candidates honest on campaign trail.
Good-for-Nothing Commission
No sane politician would vote for any of the changes the commission headed by Bowles and Simpson is recommending, unless he or she is planning to retire early.
The Immorality of ‘America at War’
Americans pay far more attention to the World Series than to the ongoing carnage in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The FBI Got its Groove Back
The agency has found a new demon to purge as it knocks down your door.