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
Still Another Reason to Cheer LeBron James
An iconic basketball superstar reminds us that raising taxes on the rich will not end civilization as we know it.
Why ‘Janus’ Figures to Juice Income Inequality in America
Any court ruling that limits how effectively unions can bargain on behalf of workers, even mainstream economists recognize, concentrates wealth at our economic summit.
How to Restore Taxes on Inheritances
With the estate tax further weakened, is it time to pivot to an inheritance tax?
Corporate Wage Theft is on the Rise
Executives have a powerful incentive to cheat their workers: to pad their own exorbitant paychecks.
Donald Trump is Flirting With Fascism
His language is right out of the Nazi playbook.
How U.S. Economic Policies Contribute to Asylum Seekers
Many of the families detained at the U.S.-Mexico border have lost their livelihoods as a result of U.S. economic policies.
After the Supreme Court Blow, Unions Should Look to a New Model
Surprising tactics unions could learn from a member organization like the NRA.
Taking on Income Inequality in Massachusetts — Almost
The movement for economic justice may have lost in court, but it’s winning in the streets.
Celebrating The End of Slavery — With One Big Asterisk
Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in America. But with over 2 million of us behind bars, has it really ended — or just transformed?
Inside the Heated Battle Over D.C.’s Sub-Minimum Tipped Wage
Misinformation abounds as the restaurant industry pours its resources into defeating Initiative 77.
Reports
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
Report: Agricultural Cooperatives
