A Guide to Climate Reparations
Reparations, debt cancellation, and climate justice are all regular features in climate solutions鈥攂ut what do they mean in practice?
Wealth and inequality
Blowing Up a Few Myths About Inflation
Unchecked inflation can be damaging, but what we鈥檙e seeing in the U.S. is a fundamentally different issue: one in which inflation is being politicized.
Lending on Character, Not Credit Scores
Conventional banking hasn't worked for businesses owned by people of color. But a new network is designed to get money flowing fairly to BIPOC economies.
Put Philanthropy on the Front Lines
How to decolonize wealth through reparations.
Restaurant Workers Organize for Fair Wages
Today鈥檚 subminimum wages are a legacy of racist policies that date from the Civil War.
Baltimore鈥檚 Community Land Trusts Offer a Pathway to Housing Justice
After years of grassroots activism, the city has found success in addressing historical housing discrimination through community land trusts.
10 Years After Occupy Wall Street, Its Legacy Remains Strong
Occupy Wall Street gave the left ideas, skills, and a base in a way no one could have imagined a decade ago. The radicalization of a generation, the ability to easily explain class, the potential for mass nonviolent direct action, and crowbarring politics to let in socialist ideas and elected officials are all invaluable legacies.
What the Pandora Papers Tell Us About Ourselves
We can鈥檛 talk about corruption and tax dodging around the world when we鈥檙e encouraging it at home.
What the Pandora Papers Reveal About the Wealth of World Leaders
And how tax havens鈥攊ncluding in the U.S.鈥攁re used to hide money from tax authorities.
How 9/11 Set Progressive Causes Back鈥攁nd How We Rebounded
The Bush administration used the attacks to label dissent and protests against international trade agreements as terrorism. Now movements have recovered their lost momentum.
If We Can Pass Big Infrastructure Bills, Why Can鈥檛 We Keep People in Their Homes?
We keep saying we can鈥檛 go back to the way we were before the pandemic. But we just might be doing that.
Being Disabled Shouldn鈥檛 Mean Living in Poverty
Supplemental Security Income, a lifeline for the elderly and disabled, hasn鈥檛 been updated since the 1970s. Now is the time to close the gap.
How 鈥淲hitey on the Moon鈥� Perfectly Captures Bezos鈥� Space Joy Ride
The themes of Gill Scott-Heron鈥檚 seminal poem written decades ago resonate more strongly than ever as billionaires like Jeff Bezos spend their money on lavish vanity projects.
Rethinking Money as a Force for Equity
Money has become concentrated in very few hands. Now some experts are considering that money itself may be part of the problem.
A Former Olympic Fencer Brings Her Sport Back to Her Community
The Olympics puts the spotlight on many sports that ordinarily don鈥檛 get attention. For some youth athletes, those niche sports become a vehicle for upward mobility.
Helping the Rich Let Go
A new generation of wealth advisers helps wealthy people give away their money instead of hoard it.
My Suffering Is Not for Sale
We must redistribute wealth and not look at it as a favor, but a call to action
Biden Bets Big on the Care Economy
The president鈥檚 American Families Plan takes its cue from feminist economists who have long advocated for a renewed focus on the social safety net.
What Purpose Does a Border Serve?
Border walls aren鈥檛 necessary, and neither are the borders themselves in a world built on justice and equality, says author Todd Miller.
Addressing Child Poverty Beyond the Pandemic
The economic impact of the pandemic has created an opportunity for the federal government to reconsider its traditional responses to poverty and unemployment.
What Solar Energy Policies Can Do for Low-Income Households
Two words: energy justice.
There鈥檚 More to the American Jobs Plan Than Jobs
Biden鈥檚 infrastructure plans promise not just to boost the economy, but to fundamentally redefine the role of government.
A Union Fight at Amazon鈥檚 Alabama Warehouse Builds on Civil Rights Work
An attempt by thousands of mostly Black workers to unionize at a fulfillment center gives new life to the labor movement.
Support for Families Needs to Be Permanent
The American Rescue Plan offers a lot of fixes to long-term issues affecting American families. That鈥檚 why they shouldn鈥檛 be allowed to expire in a year.
Taking on a Billionaire Landlord in the Twin Cities
Private equity firms snatched up rental properties, then neglected them. So Minneapolis activists organized the tenants to fight for their rights.
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