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
How An International Grassroots Campaign Beat Metal Mining Corporations
Against overwhelming odds, El Salvador won its long battle for water.
El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold
After a 12-year struggle, Salvadoran lawmakers voted to ban mining for metals.
The History of Taxes, in One Mega-Rich Family
The Rockefellers saw their wealth slimmed down by taxes—but it grew back.
My Autistic Child Isn’t ‘Diseased’
Instead of trying to “cure” autism, we should focus on creating a friendlier, more respectful environment.
Americans Want To Know What Their CEO Makes
The SEC chairman invited America to dump on government regulation. America declined.
‘Deaths of Despair’ Rising for White Working Class
A new study points to rising hopelessness as a major driver of the declining health and life expectancy of working class white Americans.
Seattle Takes on the Trump Budget
Trump’s budget would make Seattle’s housing crisis worse—so a new campaign is looking to make the city “Trump-proof”.
More Americans Are Drowning Financially in Underwater Nation
20% of Americans have zero or negative net worth—and that number is growing.
The GOP Health Plan Would Make the Opioid Crisis Even Worse
States that supported Trump are going to be the hardest hit.
Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Spell Disaster for Low-income Communities
The administration wants massive cuts to public services, but his base depends on an engaged federal government, IPS economic inequality expert Chuck Collins tells Rising Up with Sonali.
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
