Racial and Gender Justice

Working to combat economic inequality, achieve climate justice, and build peace requires solutions designed to dismantle systemic racism and patriarchy. That’s why all of our projects seek to intersect and achieve justice across gender diversity, and race, in addition to class.

Latest Work

Incarcerated Workers Strike Against Dehumanizing Prison Conditions

Incarcerated Workers Strike Against Dehumanizing Prison Conditions

A nationwide strike takes charge at everything from slavery to sentencing. Organizers say it could be the largest U.S. prison resistance action to date.

Schools Need Resources, Not ‘School Resource Officers’

Schools Need Resources, Not ‘School Resource Officers’

Turning schools into prisons means sending kids to real-life prisons. There are better ways to keep students safe.

You’ve Heard of the Gender Pay Gap, But There’s More

You’ve Heard of the Gender Pay Gap, But There’s More

It takes the typical black woman all the way till August to earn what a white male worker got paid last year.

Report: Students Under Siege

Report: Students Under Siege

How the school-to-prison pipeline, poverty, and racism endanger our school children

I’m Tired of Hearing From Bill Clinton

I’m Tired of Hearing From Bill Clinton

While the former president gets yet another chance to explain his inappropriate behavior, victims like Lulabel Seitz get shut out of the media spotlight.

BlackHer: A New Online Platform Raises the Voices of Black Women Politically and Economically

BlackHer: A New Online Platform Raises the Voices of Black Women Politically and Economically

Black women, suffering from both the gender and racial wealth gap, are using their voting power to fight back.

These ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bills Send the Wrong Message on Race and Violence

These ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bills Send the Wrong Message on Race and Violence

This is just the latest congressional favor for the Fraternal Order of the Police.

Incarceration and Deportation Rip Mothers From Their Families

Incarceration and Deportation Rip Mothers From Their Families

We need to address the criminalization of race and poverty. To do so, we need to correct our swaying moral compass.

Five Charts that Show Why We Need to Tackle Gender Justice and Poverty Together

Five Charts that Show Why We Need to Tackle Gender Justice and Poverty Together

The Poor People’s Campaign’s first week of nonviolent moral direct actions will shine a spotlight on the problems of women in poverty.

Women and the Racial Wealth Divide

Women and the Racial Wealth Divide

Tackling the gender gap must go hand-in-hand with taking on racial economic inequality.

Black Worker Initiative

Criminalization of Race and Poverty

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