Breaking up Big Banks Has Gone From Expert Musing to Something Americans Generally Support
Breaking up the banks is not as far-fetched an idea as bank lobbyists would have us believe.
Research & Commentary
From academics to activists, thoughtful people worldwide are focusing their attention on economic inequality as never before.
Sunrise Movement Turns Up the Heat for Climate Debates
"We have seven weeks to kick our climate debate campaign into high gear and push the Democratic leadership to start treating climate change like the emergency it is."
Fund Head Start, Not Internment Camps
One policy gives children lifelong benefits. The other destroys lives.
Stock Buybacks are Deadly. It’s Time to End Them.
Over the last 15 years, 94 percent of corporate profits have gone to shareholders in the form of buybacks and dividends, instead of to workers and their families.
The Frontlines of the Health Care Fight in Western Pennsylvania
Motivated by her friends' and family members' suffering, a young woman in a depressed steel town joins the movement for universal health care.
The Time Has Come for a Global Minimum Wage
As the International Labour Organization celebrates its 100th anniversary, it should embrace the chance to stop the global race to the bottom.
Global Inequality in a Time of Climate Emergency
Our world’s richest have a great deal of money. They also have the power to decide whether our civilization sinks or swims. So what can we do?
Retail Workers Nationwide Are United for Respect
Workers around the country are fighting back, taking creative actions and pushing legislators and pension funds to act.
A Foul Smell in Eight Mile, Alabama
How fair housing laws can advance environmental justice and racial equity.
Challenging Corporate Investment in Anti-Abortion States
Some Hollywood studios are threatening to boycott, but many large corporations are still doing business, often with massive subsidies, in these states.