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
Combating Corporate ‘Pinkwashing’ During Pride Month With Mutual Aid
With a 22 percent poverty rate, the LGBTQ+ community needs more than rainbow flags from multi-million dollar corporations.
An Ugly New Era of ‘States’ Rights’
The Supreme Court is giving extreme new powers to increasingly autocratic state governments. That’s not democracy.
The Other Side of the Storm
What Do Black Immigrant Domestic Workers in the Time of Covid-19 Teach Us About Building a Resilient Care Infrastructure?
New Report: Pandemic Exposed Black Immigrant Domestic Workers to Exploitation, Wage Theft, Lack of Safety
IPS and NDWA’s latest report highlights the experiences of over 1,000 Black immigrant domestic workers in NYC, MA, and Miami and exposes continued exploitation, safety hazards, and insecurity during the pandemic.
Cancel Student Loan Debt. Bail Out Regular People.
Even writing off every penny of student debt would cost less than Trump’s tax giveaways for corporations and the rich.
An Equal Pay Victory for Our Winningest National Team
The landmark collective bargaining agreement for the United States Women’s National Team creates a blueprint for equity across global sports organizations.
One Million COVID-19 Deaths Is a Searing Indictment of Inequality in America
It was poverty that made the pandemic so deadly. We shouldn’t compound the tragedy of 1 million COVID-19 deaths by letting it continue.
Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees
Racism lowers the floor for how all people are treated. But it’s not too late to change.
JPMorgan Might Kneel for ‘Justice’ But It Isn’t Standing For True Racial Equity
As is clear from the immense harm corporations continue to cause to communities of color, a racial equity audit is just the first step of many to hold these companies accountable.
Why We Need a Black Worker Bill of Rights
“From warehouses to board rooms, from the Deep South to Silicon Valley, we face discrimination in hiring, promotions, treatment, and pay.”