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Tax Code Should Help Families Achieve Economic Security and Mobility

U.S. Tax Code Widens the Racial Wealth Divide

Lowering the corporate tax rate will cost the country at least $522 billion over 10 years, money that should be invested in public goods that benefit us all, not further enriching the already wealthy.

Today, congressional Republicans are pushing tax reform proposals that would cost the country over $5 trillion and would likely widen the racial wealth gap and slow economic growth.

In a fair tax system, everyone pays their fair share, no one pays more than they can afford, and the government raises enough money to fund public goods that benefit us all, like education, housing, transportation, and health care. But the current tax code is inequitable.

Ensuring just and equitable access to and ownership of one our most vital natural resources—energy—is vital to building a vibrant, inclusive democracy.

Due to disinvestment, a lack of grant aid, and the rising cost of living, Arizona’s students face a steep hill in paying for college.

Policymakers in Michigan have continuously made attending college harder through divestment in Michigan’s public higher education system, resulting in skyrocketing college prices.

Executive actions the new administration can take to deliver economic relief and protect workers and families.

A collection of contributions from leading student loan experts offering a roadmap for the Biden administration to take immediate action to cancel student debt for millions of Americans.

Identifying Communities That Face Environmental Injustice, Using Lessons Learned from State Equity Mapping Programs

This platform proposes a set of actions the executive branch can take to equitably address the climate crisis without new legislation, major new appropriations, or other Congressional authority.

Over 100 community, civil rights, consumer, and student advocacy organizations urge House and Senate leadership to insist on student debt cancellation for all borrowers during negotiations over the next coronavirus relief package.

This presentation outlines the ways that student debt both contributes to, and is a cause of, America’s historic and persistent racial wealth divide.

The CCPA is a climate bill, a racial justice bill, a public health bill, and an economic development bill. We need it to be all of these things.

How We Can Fix the Housing Affordability Crisis

How the Climate & Community Protection Act will Increase Resiliency for New York’s Latinx Communities

New York State’s Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA) is a bold climate action policy for the people of New York.

The Debt-Free College Act of 2018 would create a new federal-state partnership that re-funds our neglected system of public colleges and job training.

"We know this: the super rich and corporations don’t need a tax cut. The 1 percent are doing just fine."