Chicago’s Guaranteed Income Project Shows Promising Results
CFF’s guaranteed income project provided $500 a month to 100 formerly incarcerated individuals for 13 months.
Wealth and inequality
Insulin Should Be a Right, Not a Privilege
Trump is attacking the policies aimed at making prescription medications affordable and accessible to all.
Can Everyone Eat for the Planet? I Shopped at Dollar Store for a Week to Find Out.
In 2019, scientists published a climate-friendly food plan. Can it work for most Americans?
Does Trump’s Pick to Lead Medicare Want to End Medicare?
Donald Trump has picked Dr. Mehmet Öz to lead Medicare, though he owns significant shares in UnitedHealth Group.
Progress 2025: A Vision for Economic Justice
A progressive alternative to Project 2025’s anti-tax, anti-worker economy includes worker protections and a strong social safety net.
How to End Childhood Poverty
Childhood poverty continues to plague the U.S., though simple solutions exist to address it. Will the next administration implement them?
Instead of Ending Taxes on Tips, Pay a Living Wage
Taxes on tipped wages have now become a campaign issue. But economic equality advocates say ending sub-minumum wages would help workers more.
Setting a Black Economic Agenda
After conducting the largest-ever survey of Black Americans, Black to the Future has released a detailed Black economic agenda.
Rooting for Black Land Ownership
Exploring the history of land theft in the U.S., Brea Baker argues that the Black reparations and Indigenous Landback movements are stronger together.
Are the Olympics Still Relevant?
In the face of catastrophic climate change and the genocide in Gaza, can the world afford to hold a spectacle such as the Olympics?
Access to Past Tribal Constitutions Can Help Tribes Shape Their Futures
A new database of tribal constitutions tells a more nuanced history of self-governance than the one explained in textbooks.
Reject Ego-nomics, Embrace Eco-nomics
Finding our way to a viable human future will require the guidance of a true eco-nomics, grounded in biology and ecology rather than finance and capital.
What $500 a Month Freed Up for Families
Participants in a Massachusetts guaranteed income pilot said the program provided them a financial cushion and increased time and bandwidth for parenting.
Can the DOJ Break Up Live Nation’s Monopoly?
A new DOJ lawsuit is challenging Live Nation and Ticketmaster’s monopoly power over artist performances, venues, and concert-goers.
Breaking Up With Capitalism
A paradigm shift for our economy begins when we name and see the anti-democratic bias that lies at the heart of our capital-centric system.
Tax Day Injustice
Thanks to the GOP’s 2017 tax reform law, dozens of large corporations paid their CEOs more than they paid the federal government in taxes.
The Coffee Shops Countering Recidivism
A criminal record keeps many qualified candidates out of work; these coffee companies are helping clear the first hurdle.
Lessons in Pandemic Spending
Author Scott Fulford explores the impact that pandemic-related government social spending had on American families.
CEOs Aren’t Earning Their Pay, New Report Finds
The shareholder advocacy group As You Sow has a new report listing obscene CEO pay. Here's what the data reveals
The Urgent Call for Peace in the Middle East
While the U.S. government refuses to use its considerable power as leverage for peace, ordinary Americans seem to know better.
Debt Collective Cancels $10M of Morehouse College Student Loans
Black students are disproportionately impacted by student loans, but this debtors' union is taking steps to repair that disparity.
Urban Planning for the People
The planning profession is rooted in principles that puts business ahead of people. Some people are beginning to push back.
Making Medicare Drugs Affordable
Medicare can finally use its purchasing power to negotiate lower drug prices—but Big Pharma is pushing back.
How to Realize Dr. King’s Dream, 60 Years Later
From baby bonds to reparations, the government can undertake specific economic policies to help close the racial wealth gap.
Art in the Aftermath of Disasters
As compounding crises have plunged Puerto Rico into darkness, local artists bring light back to the island.
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