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

Worse Than the Wall

Worse Than the Wall

The agencies that separate families, abuse children, and deport innocent people should be just as toxic as Trump’s wall.

Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is.

Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is.

Pro-Israel politicians don’t speak for young Jews like me. They shouldn’t pretend to.

Ilhan Omar’s Denunciation of Israel Lobby is Not Anti-Semitism

Ilhan Omar’s Denunciation of Israel Lobby is Not Anti-Semitism

Democrats to vote on anti-semitism resolution in response to false accusation against Ilhan Omar.

The Democratic Party Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are a Travesty

The Democratic Party Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are a Travesty

I’m Jewish and have worked against anti-Semitism for decades. I was sitting a few feet from Omar at Busboys & Poets and I heard nothing—nothing—that smacked of anti-Semitism, overt or coded or otherwise.

The Role of Family Wealth in Reinforcing Generational Divides

The Role of Family Wealth in Reinforcing Generational Divides

How can anyone, especially 30-somethings, afford to live in increasingly expensive cities?

Progressives Should Support Open Borders — With No Apology

Progressives Should Support Open Borders — With No Apology

Supporting freedom of movement isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s a political winner for the left.

We Welcome Asylum Seekers and Defend Their Rights

We Welcome Asylum Seekers and Defend Their Rights

An open letter from over one hundred artists, activists, scholars, and writers

Let’s Honor Rosa Parks by Continuing Her Struggle for Transit Equity

Let’s Honor Rosa Parks by Continuing Her Struggle for Transit Equity

Barriers to public transit access make it harder for people, particularly people of color and the poor, to get to jobs and schools.

Racism Props Up America’s Richest — Here’s How We Fix it

Racism Props Up America’s Richest — Here’s How We Fix it

Black and Latino unemployment hit historic lows in 2018, but this is not enough to close the enormous gaps in wealth.

The Shutdown Made Inequality Worse

The Shutdown Made Inequality Worse

The new Congress needs to prioritize economic policies that empower low-wealth families.

Black Worker Initiative

Criminalization of Race and Poverty

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