A caregiver and his coworkers were tired of having their wages stolen. Here’s how they fought back.
I Felt Like Someone Was Robbing Me
A Community Ownership Path to Housing Justice
Community ownership of housing can be a powerful anti-displacement strategy. Across the country, housing advocates are organizing to pass enabling legislation.
Can We Overcome the Asset Manager Economy?
Investment firms like BlackRock and State Street dominate the global economy. How did this happen—and how can movements take them on?
How to Advance Housing Affordability—The Ongoing Struggle
Economic justice for Black Americans will not occur until housing is affordable for all. A growing number of Black activists are working to achieve that.
Philanthropy and Social Justice: A Conversation with Deepak Bhargava
In an interview with NPQ, Deepak Bhargava, the new president of the JPB Foundation, offers his thoughts on how foundations can better support movement organizations.
Calling People Forward Instead of Out: Ten Essential Steps
With all of these tools in your possession, you are well equipped to take greater responsibility, make the vision of ending racism a reality, and play a bigger game. Our culture’s immune system needs healthy cells that can transform these moments into something greater. Be the one who takes the conversation to a new level.
Beyond Self-Care and Wellness Retreats: What Healing Justice Requires
Healing justice is at risk of being reduced to wellness programs. However, what movements need are not wellness programs but strong networks of collective care.
The Silent Epidemic Killing Black Women
A new study finds that Black women are killed at six times the rate of White women.
Philanthropy Must Engage in Reparations, Report Argues
Philanthropic institutions that built their wealth on harm have an obligation to engage in reparations and reparative work, argues a new report.
Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements
Work requirements come from a long legacy of harmful narratives that keep these racist policies alive today.
The Economic Case against Work Requirements
Work requirements for public benefits programs are not only rooted in structural racism in the United States—they are also bad for the economy.
Work Requirements Are Rooted in the History of Slavery
Work requirements are not just a modern policy forcing people to work for public benefits today—they’re tied to the history of slavery and its aftermath in the United States.