Can Economics Embrace Economic Justice?
A provocative speech implores mainstream economists to recognize the moral burden on economists
Solar Energy Is An Equity Issue
A new report explains how states and cities can lift up low-income households through green energy initiatives.
In French Presidential Race, Echoes of FDR’s Income Cap
With a call for an income cap on society’s richest, a longshot presidential campaign has thrown a giant scare into the French political elite.
Local Action Pushes CEO-Worker Pay Gap Reform
With national policy likely to compound the income and wealth gap in the coming years, states and localities are fighting back.
A Closer Look At Evictions Caused By Increased Housing Costs
An in-depth look at what happens when cities become unaffordable.
Low-income Families Will Bear the Brunt of Climate Change. This Organization is Working to Change That.
Renew Oregon is advancing innovative climate justice proposals, building on a legislative victory to expand the state’s use of renewable energy, with strong benefits for low-income consumers.
Airlines Profit From ‘Economy-Class’ Misery
A deregulated industry made flying better—if you fly first-class. Otherwise, it’s cruel.
Fighting Financial Abuse in the Trump Era
A Wall Street reform organizer is encouraged by a surge of activism to protect consumers against the unregulated prepaid debit card industry.
Marching for Trump Tax Transparency
Activists have organized Tax Day marches across the country to demand the release of Trump’s tax returns — and send a message about a tax system that enriches the wealthy.
Tightening the Strings on CEOs Jeopardizing Work Safety
Corporate CEOs are cheering a new White House executive order that lets them keep cheating on the taxpayer dime. But taxpayers may well be wising up.
El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold
After a 12-year struggle, Salvadoran lawmakers voted to ban mining for metals.
Americans Want To Know What Their CEO Makes
The SEC chairman invited America to dump on government regulation. America declined.
‘Deaths of Despair’ Rising for White Working Class
A new study points to rising hopelessness as a major driver of the declining health and life expectancy of working class white Americans.
Seattle Takes on the Trump Budget
Trump’s budget would make Seattle’s housing crisis worse—so a new campaign is looking to make the city “Trump-proof”.
A Labor Trafficking Survivor Speaks Out
A new report helps quantify the abusive patterns experienced by survivors of human trafficking by following the stories of over 100 domestic workers.