Leadership Programs
In order to sustain the movement, we need to continuing growing new generations of social justice leaders and infuse their ideas to ensure our work stays on the cutting edge. Our Next Leaders internship program and our various professional Fellowship programs help sharpen young voices and new ideas through training and mentoring, and provide emerging activist-scholars with an intellectual home.
Latest Work

Rain and Sunshine and Wind
How an Energy Transition Could Power Nebraska

To Tackle Climate Change, Hold Fossil Fuel Conglomerates Accountable
Movements are using this once-in-a-lifetime political moment to mobilize communities against climate change and corporate greed.

It’s Time to Reassess Our Relationship With Israel
Biden can’t say he’s putting human rights first and then welcome a prime minister who boasts about war crimes to the White House.

How U.S. Wars Abroad Are Intimately Tied to Police Brutality at Home
There are obvious links between anti-war movements against U.S. militarism and Black Lives Matter activism against police brutality. Is time for activists to join forces?

To Save the Planet, We Need to Demilitarize the Police
Even with climate disasters all around us, nonviolent environmental demonstrations face fierce police repression. Why?

The Civilian Climate Corps Could Be Transformative. Will Democrats Meet the Moment?
The climate jobs program in the budget reconciliation deal should build on FDR’s initiative in ways that advance equity for all.

Despite Republican Boycott, Dems Launch New Inequality Committee
Over the next two years, they will study the problem of economic disparity and develop policy solutions.

Corporations Should Pay Their Fair Share for Human Needs
Corporations pay lower taxes than ever. A modest corporate tax hike would be transformative.

Building Tenant Power with the Housing Justice for All Coalition
As the federal eviction moratorium expiration date looms, housing organizers in one of America’s most unequal states offer a new, equitable path forward.

In Gossip Girl Reboot, Wealthy Teens Grapple With Their Privilege. Is That Enough?
The classic teen drama returns. This time, with class consciousness.

New Mexico’s Case for Public Ownership of its Clean Energy Infrastructure
