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
Executive Pay and the Bailout
An analysis of new proposals for change.
The Audacity of CEO Greed
We need to get that money back, and then rein in runaway CEO pay across corporate America.
Mandate for Change: Policies and Leadership for 2009 and Beyond
Mandate for Change offers a set of specific policy proposals for the incoming Obama administration on every major domestic and international topic, written specifically for the book by leading thinkers and activists in the field.
Unleash the Arts: 1 percent of the Stimulus Package
What will be the fate of the arts during this recession? The Institute for Policy Studies recently launched a petition calling for 1 percent of the stimulus package to be spent on the arts.
We’re in This Together
As our economy continues to decline, “common security clubs” are one way people can support each other and take action for a more just future.
State of the Dream 2009
Dedrick Muhammad and the Institute for Policy Studies have once again partnered with United For A Fair Economy for the “State of the Dream 2009: The Silent Depression.”
An Epoch Named!
The Nation announces the winner of its “Name our Epoch!” contest.
A Sensible Plan for Recovery
Americans recognize the need to act on our current crisis but detest the idea that ordinary taxpayers should bear the brunt of bailing out the kingpins of Wall Street.
Economic Meltdown Funnies
IPS and Jobs With Justice provide a lighter rundown of the economic crisis—in a comic book.
Ecuador’s Debt Default: Exposing a Gap in the Global Financial Architecture
The South American country’s refusal to make ‘immoral and illegitimate’ payments exposes an international financial architecture glitch.
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
