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
America’s Crusade Against Workers
Without a union or government bulwark to protect them, even the highest-level employees can be treated like dirt.
Worker Fairy Tale
Grandma Democrat, why is your lip service so big?
Resurrect the Estate Tax
How can a civilized nation afford to hand the heirs of the super-rich billions of dollars tax-free and not afford to keep teachers in classrooms?
A Main Street and MLK Boulevard Stimulus
For communities that were already in economic freefall before this recession, it’s a catastrophe.
King Coal and Big Oil are in Trouble
It’s time to end the massive subsidies currently enriching the fossil-fuel industries and making their disasters possible.
Safe Food, from Soil to Plate
An endless deluge of foodborne illness outbreaks demands the reevaluation of our food system.
Financial Reform Bill Could Stabilize Commodities
New rules may rein in speculation that distorts the market for agricultural futures contracts.
Kagan’s Opponents
Many progressives dislike President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.
The Latino Mob, Affirmative Action, Hezbollah Beauty Pageant Conspiracy
A non-white Miss America winner? Clearly something suspicious is going on.
Global Activists Coordinate Actions to Tax Speculators
From Australia to Canada, activists are taking to the streets in cities around the world this week to hold the financial sector accountable for the costs of the global crisis.