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
Media Disaster
It’s just you and me, with two paddles and no credibility.
House Rebuffs Veto Threat on Fighter Jet Engine Program
Congress hasn’t lost its taste for military pork despite all that chatter about cutting the deficit.
Pollan Digests the Latest Food Politics Books
Michael Pollan’s new essay highlights the diverse schools of food activism takes as well as unifying themes.
Reining in Wall Street: Round 1
A May 17 rally in Washington, DC brought more than a thousand people into the streets, calling for a “financial speculation tax” as part of a broader financial reform agenda.
Troops to the Mexico Border
Obama’s military step up is bad news to migrant communities.
Benefits for the Long-Term Unemployed to be Debated Again
Yet another partisan fight in Congress over whether the long-term unemployed should continue to collect benefits is looming.
Pundits Cheered Drilling Shortly Before BP Oil Disaster
Many of America’s prominent commentators ran on fumes when they opined about oil.
Fighting War Funding
Activists and lawmakers are adopting new tactics to rein in spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Adding Toxic Chemicals to a Toxic Oil Spill
With BP’s disastrous oil slick filling the Gulf and sliming our shores, the corporation has already bought a third of the world’s supply of dispersants and is spraying them onto the slick.
America’s Crusade Against Workers
Without a union or government bulwark to protect them, even the highest-level employees can be treated like dirt.