Passage of the PRO Act could fortify both workers’ rights and working-class power
Understanding racial capitalism helps us go deeper than looking for “disparate impacts” on people of color, says Maurice BP-Weeks.
Winning passage of the For the People Act is at the pivot of the progressive agenda. It's urgent, and it can succeed.
Canceling student debt could narrow the racial wealth gap; Black students and their families carry an outsize share of the debt.
Having captured the Supreme Court, the right could both whittle away progressive policy wins and reset the background rules.
Community groups in Atlanta respond to the murders there – naming the systems, telling the history, framing solutions.
Grace and rigor, solidarity and commitment to training the next generation are all essential for movement leaders.
Unions need to start organizing for 2022 now, forming “ballot brigades” and pressing for the near-term wins that will help move voters.
Detroit Action Organizing Director Jen Disla says, “Trust and authentic relationships are core to organizing.”
In conversation with Black Work Talk host Steven Pitts, JWJ’s Erica Smiley analyzes fissures on the right, suggests we raise our sights.