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
The State Doesn’t Need to Know My Gender
If we want a real solution that makes everyone safer, let’s cut the paperwork and just get rid of the gender marker on ID’s and Drivers Licenses.
An Open Letter to DC’s Transit Authority: Don’t Subsidize Uber — Restore Service!
Metro’s plan to subsidize its own competition will hurt the planet, public transit, and the working people who rely on it.
Debate over Ilhan Omar Highlights New Willingness in U.S. to Question Power of Pro-Israeli Lobby
Phyllis Bennis joins Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! to discuss the recent media firestorm involving Rep. Ilhan Omar, as well as questions about anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
What Did Ilhan Omar Say?
Several members of Congress have weighed in on comments made by Rep. Ilhan Omar. The problem is, in their outrage, they were misrepresenting what she said. We’ve got the transcript.
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.
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
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
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
How can anyone, especially 30-somethings, afford to live in increasingly expensive cities?
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.
Reports
The Other Side of the Storm
Reimagining School Safety
Black Immigrant Domestic Workers in the Time of COVID-19
Report: Agricultural Cooperatives
Report: Pay, Professionalism, and Respect
Report: Students Under Siege
