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
Frist Family Leads Pandemic Profiteer Parade in Health Sector
For-profit hospital billionaire owners see their wealth increase by $8.1 billion since March 2020.
Why the Amazon Worker Vote in Bessemer Means So Much
Unions don’t just raise worker wages. They help flatten grand private plutocratic fortunes.
Biden Needs to Keep His Promises on Immigration
The new administration has made some welcome changes, but Biden isn’t living up to all his promises — especially on detention.
Paid Sick and Family Leave Can’t Wait
For workers like my mom, the financial strain caused by a lack of paid leave can be just as stressful as catching COVID-19.
Democrats’ COVID Relief Plan Could Cut Child Poverty by 4 Million
An expanded child tax credit could create the ‘bootstraps’ to lift the next generation.
COVID-19 Has Made the Super-Rich Richer. It’s Time for a Billionaire Wealth Tax
The U.S.’s billionaires have amassed democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power as millions have been thrown into poverty
We Should Tax Billionaires’ Wealth to Help Pay for the Pandemic Recovery
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s bill would levy a small tax on billionaire fortunes. It could raise billions for recovery—and help protect our democracy.
U.S. Trade Policy Has Failed Black and Latinx Workers
Mainstream narratives on trade suggest white workers from the Midwest suffer most from U.S. trade policies. Evidence shows that’s not true.
Time for the Warren-Jayapal Wealth Tax
Billionaires have reaped tremendous gains during the pandemic. A wealth tax will slow the build-up of democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power.
Financial Reserves and the Racial Wealth Gap
Black and Latinx households have less to fall back on when the times get tough.
Reports
Cashing in on Our Homes: Billionaire Landlords Profit as Millions Face Eviction
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
