Economic Justice

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Two Bold Proposals to Tax Wealth Across the Land

Wealth tax proposals from Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren show a growing appetite to rein in the rich.

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Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q&A with Austin Frerick

Corporate consolidation in America’s food industry is making food more expensive and worse. What can we do about it?

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FACT SHEET: Medicaid and SNAP vs. $200b for War on Iran: State-by-State Impact

The $200b the Pentagon wants for Iran would be enough to restore and expand safety net programs in every state.

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Our Tax Dollars Should Be Funding Our Communities, Not Trump’s War

For what the Pentagon wants for this war, we could easily restore SNAP and Medicaid benefits to struggling Americans.

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Americans Are United Against Trump’s War

Americans agree that we want health care, housing, child care, and education — not war.

Reports

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.

The Giving Pledge at 15

15 years on, the Giving Pledge is unfulfilled, unfulfillable, and not our ticket to a fairer, better future.

The High Moral Stakes of the Policy Battles Raging in Washington

Trump and the GOP are cutting programs for the poor to spend more on the war machine, mass deportations, and tax breaks for...

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Economic Justice

Latest work

Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q&A with Austin Frerick

FACT SHEET: Medicaid and SNAP vs. $200b for War on Iran: State-by-State Impact