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The Supreme Court’s Midterm Chaos Is Voter Suppression
A functioning democracy requires rules voters and states understand before ballots are cast, not legal ambiguity that keeps results tied up in legal...

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The Struggle Against Industrial Expansion in Cancer Alley

Communities in Louisiana are fighting, including against their own governments, to block new polluting projects.

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Corporations With Big Pay Disparities Have Been Silent as ICE Detains Their Workers

Corporate leaders are living on an alternate economic planet. That may explain their silence even as their own workers are targeted.

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Inside New Mexico’s Oil and Gas “Sacrifice Zone”: The Fight to Protect Greater Chaco

New Mexico captures hundreds of millions in oil and gas revenue for public services and long-term savings. But communities closest to the wells...

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REPORT: CEO-Worker Pay Gaps and Political Priorities of the 100 Largest Low-Wage Corporations 

‘Low-Wage 100’ CEOs enrich themselves while their workers face stagnating wages, drastic cuts to public assistance, and aggressive ICE actions, study finds.

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Executive Excess 2026

CEOs of the 100 largest low-wage corporations enrich themselves while turning a blind eye to policies harming their workers.

A Perfect Storm: How Federal Policy Changes Are Increasing Economic Insecurity for America’s Families

Policy choices are pushing millions of people into increasingly precarious conditions.

SYMPOSIUM ROUNDUP: Forging a Democracy That Works for All

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

BLUEPRINT: Forging a Democracy that Works for All

Countering the power of billionaires, corporations, and the Pentagon

Alternate Route: New Pathways to Better Jobs in Alabama Through Public Transit

Alabama has one of the country’s largest workforce shortages. Public transit is key to closing it.

The True Cost of the Military in Hawaiʻi

A comprehensive analysis of the economic, environmental, strategic, and social impacts of the U.S. military presence in Hawaiʻi

The Dark Side of the Energy Transition: Green Colonialism in Southern Honduras

Multinational corporations exploited demand for green energy to shake down some of the most impoverished communities in the Americas.

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.

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