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Activism is Patriotism The Activism is Patriotism campaign encourages everyday Americans to reclaim our proud legacy of civic activism by getting more involved in our democracy. The Activism is Patriotism website offers a rich cross-section of vital tools and resources to feed your MIND, leverage your MONEY, strengthen your VOICE, and exercise your VOTE.
ACORN Predatory Lending Campaign ACORN is tackling the predatory lending issue from a number of different angles, including direct action against lenders and other industry players, education and outreach in our communities to help people protect themselves against predatory loans, legislation at the state, local, and federal levels, and regulatory change.
National Community Reinvestment Coalition Alliance of community reinvestment organizations working to increase the flow of private capital into traditionally underserved communities.
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Class Action Class Action's mission is to raise consciousness about the issues of classism, class and money, and their powerful impact on our individual lives, our relationships, organizations, institutions, and culture. They aim to heal the wounds of classism, support the development of cross-class alliances, and work with others to catalyze the movement of resources to where they are most needed to create justice, equity, and sustainability for all.
Class Matters Former UFE Communications Director Betsy Leondar-Wright interviewed 40 people about class dynamics in social change movements, and published their stories and her own in her book, "Class Matters: Cross-Class Alliance Building for Middle-Class Activists," and on this website.
Alliance for Democracy The Alliance is a new Populist movement - not a political party - setting forth to end the domination of our economy, our government, our culture, our media and the environment by large corporations.
Center for Corporate Policy A non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization working to curb corporate abuses and make corporations publicly accountable.
Corporate Watch A new site designed to provide activists, journalists, and policy makers around the world with up to date information and analysis on the social, ecological and economic impacts of transnational corporations.
Multinational Monitor Tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labor union issues and the environment.
AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch Database Click on a company name to find the CEO's total compensation, as reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission. For the CEOs of companies not listed here, this site includes instructions for finding the data in the company's SEC proxy statement.
Corporate Welfare Information Center A clearinghouse of information about corporate wealth-fare.
Progressive Majority A PAC with a Purpose: Elect progressive champions who will help change the direction of this country. We will do this by building a nationwide member network that will provide much-needed early support to progressive candidates -- helping them win election and bringing our values back in to the halls of government.
Coalition on Human Needs CHN is an alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies which address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable populations.
National Priorities Project (NPP) is a non-profit research and education organization providing citizens, community groups and elected officials with the tools they need to shape federal budget and policy priorities. Check NPP's reports to find out the local impacts of your tax dollars.
NPP Database From the National Priorities Project, this interactive tool offers state data on socio-economic needs and federal expenditures, and allows you to create customized tables, graphs and reports.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities This site contains a variety of studies analyzing Census income data.
Forums, Discussion Boards, etc.
theword. News & Political Debate Forum Discuss news, government, the issues, and politics in a moderated forum.
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Political Research Associates Political Research Associates is an independent, nonprofit research center that exposes and challenges the Right and larger oppressive movements, institutions, and forces. PRA produces accurate applied research and useful analytic tools to inform and support progressive activism that promotes equality and justice.
Jean Hardisty, founder of Political Research Associates Jean Hardisty has authored many published essays on the inner workings and motivations of the right.
UFE is a member of the Moving Ideas Network.
Economic Policy Institute A top-flight Washington economics research organization.
Dollars and Sense is a magazine that explains the workings of the U.S. and international economies and provides unique perspectives on current economic affairs.
Jim Hightower With a Texas-sized wit and a fighting spirit, populist Jim Hightower is championing the concerns of working people and skewering the high and mighty as he has for years.
Moving Ideas Network Dedicated to explaining and popularizing complex policy ideas to a broader audience. MIN posts the best ideas and resources from leading progressive research and advocacy institutions. Moving Ideas also draws from the research of a network of more than 100 member organizations, and provides timely information and leading ideas about the policies and politics that drive the nation's agenda.
Newsbatch Economic Inequality Page - A balanced compendium of information on economic inequality.
Too Much - Fact-filled, hilarious and always provocative, Too Much is America's newsletter dedicated to the proposition that the United States would be a considerably more democratic, prosperous, and caring nation if we narrowed the vast gap between the very wealthy and everybody else. Edited by UFE Board Member Sam Pizzigati.
UnionStats.com Private and public sector union membership, coverage, and density estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau Poverty rates and thresholds for various family sizes.
Global Policy Innovations The Global Policy Innovations (GPI) Program's web-based networking and knowledge resources are connecting organizations and individuals around the world as they work on emerging global economic and social policy proposals. The GPI website contains a variety of resources to help inform the global development debate, specifically the Policy Library, a collection of groundbreaking research reports on development policy, and the Experts and Organizations Database, which showcases innovative thinkers and the institutions that support them.
Economic Policy Institute A top-flight Washington economics research organization.
Insitute for Policy Studies At a time when other think tanks celebrate the virtues of unrestrained greed, unlimited wealth, and unregulated markets, IPS is striving to create a more responsible society - one built around the values of justice, nonviolence, sustainability, and decency. IPS, as I.F. Stone once said, is "an Institute for the rest of us."
Health and Income Equity Maintained by the International Health Program, University of Washington & Health Alliance International, this web site demonstrates and tries to explain the association between income inequality and health.
DataCenter exists to build the capacity of a broad-based social justice movement that embodies, embraces, and honors diverse cultures to create the new systems and institutions essential to building a just and equitable world. For over 25 years, DataCenter has put the power of professional research into the hands of people working to change the world. Services include Research Partnerships, Strategic Research, Consultation, and Research Training.
Campaign on Contingent Work CCW is a Boston, MA, USA based organizing and resource center for workers in unstable temp, part-time and other "contingent" jobs.
Good Jobs First is a national leader in providing timely, accurate information to the public, the media, public officials and economic development professionals on best practices in state and local job subsidies. GJF works with a broad spectrum of organizations as they seek to ensure that subsidized businesses are held accountable for family-wage jobs and other effective results.
Economic Reporting Review by economist Dean Baker. An indispensible weekly review of economics reporting in the New York Times and the Washington Post. A great way to learn about economics concepts.
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Week's Conservative Press by author Charles M. Kelly.
A weekly summary of the conservative buinsess press that shows:
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Conservative politicians deliberately enact legislation that is designed to benefit corporations and the established wealthy, even though
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They also know how their policies hurt workers, the disadvantaged and society-at-large, and they even
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Proclaim to the public how virtuous and deserving they are for being so "successful."
Highlander Research and Education Center Since 1932, the Highlander Center has been on the cutting edge of Appalachian and Southern struggles for justice. Highlander provides tools for building organizations capable of leading movements. In the 1930s and 40s, Highlander educated leaders of a new Southern labor movement. In the 1950s and 60s, Highlander was a civil rights pioneer, fighting for voting rights and integration. In the 1970s through the ‘90s, Highlander organized groundbreaking research into environmental and economic injustice in Appalachia. Today, Highlander is working with youth, new immigrants, and poor people of all colors to bring grassroots struggles into a new global era.
Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide is a broad-based community-driven membership organization that develops and conducts popular political and economic education and action research for organizing and liberation. They develop indigenous popular educators and movement leaders from grassroots and scholar-activist backgrounds, bringing them together on the basis of equality to engage in building a bottom-up movement for social and economic justice.
More Than Money Mission: Support people with wealth to significantly contribute their money and talents toward creating a more sustainable and just world.
National Center for Responsive Philanthropy Promoting philanthropy that addresses the unmet needs of disadvantaged populations.
Chelsea Green Founded in 1984, Chelsea Green Publishing is regarded as the preeminent publisher of books on sustainable living.
Citizens for Tax Justice is a research and advocacy organization dedicated to fair taxation at the federal, state and local levels. They're for: Fair taxes for middle- and low-income families. Requiring the wealthy to pay their fair share. Adequately funding important government services. Reducing the federal deficit. Taxation that minimizes distortion of economic markets.
Tax Policy Center A joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, the Tax Policy Center was created to fill the growing need to clarify and analyze the nation's tax policy choices. It provides timely, accessible analysis and facts about tax policy to policymakers, journalists, interested citizens, and researchers. There is also a webmodule called "Tax Facts" that has a wealth of information about US individual income and estate taxes, as well as data on state taxes and some international data.
Wages
ACORN Living Wage Resource Center What you will find here is a brief history of the national living wage movement, background materials such as ordinance summaries and comparisons, drafting tips, research summaries, talking points, and links to other living wage-related sites.
Economic Policy Institute A top-flight Washington economics research organization.
Raise the Floor Promotes wages and policies that work so we can all make ends meet.
We Can Do It! A quick but illuminating Flash presentation from Congressman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) about the long work hours, the flight of U.S. jobs and the declining value of the minimum wage.
Wealth
Economic Policy Institute A top-flight Washington economics research organization. Provided much of the material for UFE's 1999 Shifting Fortunes book on the wealth gap.
Shared Capitalism Institute The mission of the Shared Capitalism Institute is to catalyze critically needed progress at the local, regional, national and global levels toward a more equitable and sustainable form of free enterprise.
Timesizing means upsizing markets by downsizing the workweek, not the workforce.