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
Let’s Celebrate Striking Workers
Here’s a stat for International Workers’ Day that’s giving us hope.
The Reality Behind the ‘Surging’ U.S. Economy
A tiny uptick in wages won’t do much to help Americans squeezed by debt and facing rising prices for medicine, child care, housing, and other essentials.
Nurses Tell Big Pharma: Put Patients Over Profits
“People shouldn’t have to crowdfund for their health care. We wanted PhRMA to have to face firsthand the toll their greed takes on Americans across our country.”
Beyond the Paris Accord
In an interview with CounterSpin, Basav Sen says the U.S. should fund international climate mitigation and climate adaptation policies.
Do You Really Care about the Threads You Wear?
If you like looking good, you ought to fear what rising levels of inequality are doing to America’s apparel future.
Report: Extraction Casino
Extraction Casino Mining Companies Gambling with Latin American Livesand Sovereignty Through International Arbitration Manuel Perez Rocha | Jen Moore Introduction: This report exposes 38 cases of mining companies that have been filing dozens of multi-million dollar...
Bring Back May Day
The U.S. is one of the only countries in the world that doesn’t mark International Worker’s Day. So how are our workers doing?
The Economy is Thriving. Are You?
Trumpeting rising GDP and disposable income ignores harsh economic realities for working class people.
Justice is Global
A new movement is building towards an economy centered on global solidarity, rather than an international race to the bottom.
How to Shrink the Wealth Gap for Minorities and Everyone Else While We Study Reparations
Reparations need to be part of this discussion, but we should also look at policies that would turn around our regressive economy for all Americans.
Reports
REPORT: Silver Spoon Oligarchs
Executive Excess 2021
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
