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
40 Years Later: The Unrealized American Dream
Economic inequality between African Americans and whites is still at the foundation of racial inequality.
U.S.: 40 Years in the Wilderness
Four decades after his death, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words tragically speak to our current reality.
Trade Issues Are Not Just About NAFTA and the Rust Belt
We need to shift from a “Wal-Mart economy” to one built on dignified jobs and healthy communities.
The Great Reckoning Is Here
A corrosive problem lies at the root of our economic instability: our society and economy are rapidly polarizing.
Change to Believe In
Forty years after the Kerner Commission report, the nation remains divided into separate and unequal societies.
Want to Stimulate the Economy? Tax the Wealthy
Underlying our economic crisis is a polarization of income and wealth.
Will Dems Follow Through on Promises to Fix NAFTA?
Washington is long overdue for making sure U.S. trade policies put workers and the environment above corporate interests.
State of the Dream 2008
IPS and United for a Fair Economy find the subprime lending crisis is causing the greatest loss of wealth to people of color in modern U.S. history.
Wal-Mart’s New Greenwashing Report
The big-box company’s new glossy environmental report can’t hide that its fundamental problem is its business model.
Estate Tax Is Fairest Means of Building Revenue
Congress finally has a chance to have a sober discussion about how to responsibly reform the estate tax.