Taking on COVID-19
A real recovery from the devastating economic and public health consequences of COVID-19 means putting people over profit, once and for all.
Column: Public officials should say ‘no’ to economic incentives that don’t advance the public good
Across the United States, enormous public resources are given to manufacturing companies that often make grand promises but actually eliminate or undercut good American jobs.
Welcome to our new website!
This year is shaping up to be a big one, from the presidential election to a national climate justice movement. We're ahead of the curve with a new website and visual identity.
Column: ‘American Factory’ tells an all too familiar story
Netflix is airing a new documentary, “American Factory,” which tells an important and powerful story. Spoiler alert: the ending is not a triumphant one for the workers. But better endings do, in fact, exist.
Column: Let’s electrify public buses without throwing workers under the bus
A large-scale transition to electric buses is a logical way to meet these emissions targets and clean our air. Now it’s time to get serious about making that transition work for everyone.
Column: A challenge to American business, fight for infrastructure spending, or suffer the consequences
With a $2 trillion infrastructure package on the line, business leaders need to step up and fight for the common good in the form of public infrastructure spending -- or suffer the consequences.
Two women’s visions of diversity, equity, and inclusion in infrastructure
Listen to this podcast with two social justice leaders about the struggle for gender justice in the transportation and infrastructure sectors.
Column: What is a good economic development deal? Not the New York Amazon one.
All of this soul searching by New Yorkers brings up a bigger question for the rest of the country: what makes a taxpayer-supported economic deal “good?”
Celebrating Black leaders in labor and transportation
This Black History Month, we are profiling a group of Black trade unionists, civil rights leaders, workers, and leaders in transportation.