Economic Justice

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Who Pays Federal Income Taxes? The Rich, But Not Nearly as Much as They Should — or Once Did

A closer look at IRS data shows our tax system isn’t keeping up with rising inequality.

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AI, Gig Work, and the Future of Nursing

How scheduling algorithms, productivity tools, and a fast-growing app-based contingent workforce are turning bedside care into something closer to gig work.

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Chicago Teachers Are Making This May Day Count

A Q&A with Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jackson Potter about why they're mobilizing en masse this May 1.

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Re-Opening Mexico to Fracking Could Lead to More Corporate Lawsuits

In any battle over fracking, transnational corporations would be well-positioned to overpower local resistance.

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The Corporate and Billionaire Opponents of San Francisco’s Overpaid Executive Tax

Five billionaires and numerous corporations with huge pay gaps are funding a war chest against Proposition D on the city's primary ballot.

Reports

Tax Day 2026: The Average Taxpayer Paid $4,049 for War and Weapons

Wars don't just cost taxpayers at the pump. Here's what the average taxpayer spent for different priorities in 2025.

Trump’s Budget Policies Make the Poor Poorer to Pay for War and Help the Rich

The theme of this administration's budget priorities: taking from the poor to enrich the wealthy and inflict violence at home and abroad.

America’s 20 Largest Low-Wage Employers and the Affordability Crisis

Low wages are a key driver of the affordability crisis. These 20 firms pay poverty wages while enriching CEOs.

Restoring the Land: The Movement to Address the Theft of Tribal Territory

The United States, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, also owes its fortune to a great crime—the theft of land...

The Public Postal Service and Rural America

USPS delivers countless benefits to rural communities — benefits that would be at risk if for-profit corporations take over this public service.

The G20 at a Crossroads

An independent assessment of the G20’s impact — and lessons for an equitable economic future.

2025 Rural Policy Action Report: A Roadmap for Rural Progress

A positive agenda to improve rural people’s lives and deliver lower costs, higher wages, and freedom.

Executive Excess 2025

CEO pay and stock buybacks have soared at the 100 largest low-wage corporations.

Bold Ideas for a New Progressive Majority

A visionary exercise for progressives in an age of American fascism from our second annual Wallace Symposium.

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Economic Justice