Racial Equality

“From warehouses to board rooms, from the Deep South to Silicon Valley, we face discrimination in hiring, promotions, treatment, and pay.”

Over the course of a century, white farmers and landowners developed tax and property law schemes that allowed them to strip African Americans of their land.

There are better ways to close the racial wealth gap while giving a leg up to Americans of every color.

If the minimum wage had increased as much as Wall Street bonuses since 1985, it would be worth $61.75 today.

The recommendations would reduce inequality by setting high-road standards for federal contractors, closing tax loopholes for the rich, canceling student debt, cracking down on price-gougers, and building worker power.

New York's essential workers have been excluded from relief and benefits. The Fund Excluded Workers Coalition is fighting to change that.

The legislation gets rid of a manufactured financial burden that has threatened the ability of USPS to provide good jobs and universal service.

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.