Research & Commentary

Efforts to narrow the racial wealth divide must address the disparities that are at the heart of our nation's founding and still run through its veins in the 21st century.

Hit hard by the Covid crisis, restaurant workers are joining with other essential workers to fight for policies at all levels of government that will allow them to live in dignity.

An attempted assassination, criminalization, and violent eviction in 2014 didn't stop the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya in Guatemala, which won legal action suspending harmful mining activities.

In the Gulf of Ulloa, a U.S. treasure-hunting company turned seabed mining outfit poses a dire risk to the environment.

The Biden Administration is promoting pro-union organizing rules for federal workers. The legislature should follow suit.

En el Golfo de Ulloa, una empresa estadounidense dedicada a la búsqueda de tesoros y convertida en empresa de explotación minera de los fondos marinos representa un grave riesgo para el medio ambiente.

Civil rights leaders of the 1960s understood that without political power, racial economic gaps would persist.

A new survey commissioned by the Institute for Policy Studies shows the extent of local support for unionization efforts at Amazon’s Bessemer warehouse.

Members of Congress use their power to profit off elected office, but both the public and new legislation hope to stop them.

Turning up the spotlight on tax dodging by the wealthy would increase momentum for fair taxation to pay for needed public investments.