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
Kids, Condoms, Controversy
Pregnancy-related deaths are the leading cause of mortality for girls aged 15 to 19 worldwide.
Congress Should Protect National Security Whistleblowers
They’re patriots trying to do their jobs protecting the public by acting as professionals, not bureaucrats.
Detroit Farm Concept Belongs in the Junkyard
It’s an urban ruin; barely recognizable as the city it once was, but still a city for all that
Spending on the Rich, Cutting Back on the Rest of Us
Regular folks must pay the price for the decade of excess that politicos lavished on the rich
Help Wanted
Help wanted for cheap, disposable labor, or wanted for immediate deportation.
We’ve Got Empire Stress Disorder
One day the deficit will force us to bring all those troops home, like it or not.
Letters to the Editor: Antibiotics, Jobs, War, and God
A long-term unemployed worker responds to Karen Dolan’s op-ed.
The United States and South Africa Share Great Challenges
Both the United States and South Africa, despite black leadership and multicultural societies, still labor under the legacy of segregation and inequality.
Private Broadcasting Service
PBS runs a documentary about former Secretary of State George P. Shultz and exposes a double standard.
Immigration Debate Ignores Causes
Experts available for comment on immigration.