Media - Action Center on Race and the Economy

The Action Center on Race & the Economy (ACRE) is a leading voice on issues of economic and racial justice and corporate accountability. We provide research and policy expertise, commentary and analysis with an explicit racial lens, and connections to members of our partner organizations. Our areas of expertise include:

  • App & AI Worker Justice
  • Billionaire Attacks on Public Education
  • Billionaire & Corporate Influence in Politics
  • Common Good Bargaining
  • Corporate Complicity in War and Genocide
  • Housing Justice & Corporate Landlords
  • Municipal Finance
  • Pension Fund Investment Strategies
  • Progressive Revenue Solutions
  • Tech & Finance Complicity in Islamophobia

If you are a member of the media, please contact media@acrecampaigns.org.

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Mashable
November 2021

It’s time to imagine a world without Facebook

Christianna Silva

Ms. Magazine
October 2021

We Need More Women in Leadership at the Fed: Personnel Is Policy

Vasudha Desikan and Solana Rice

Fast Company
October 2021

Meet the ex-Googler who’s exposing the tech-military industrial complex

Sean Captain

The Hill
October 2021

Environmental activists’ email blast disrupted White House communications over two days: report

Rachel Frazin

Politico
October 2021

Tensions erupt between environmental justice leaders and White House

Zack Colman

Teen Vogue
September 2021

What Is the Federal Reserve and Why Does It Matter?

Vasudha Desikan and Tracey Lewis

VICE
September 2021

Big Tech Has Made Billions Off the 20-Year War on Terror

Edward Ongweso Jr.

The Trace
August 2021

In Chicago, Controversy Mounts Over the Use of Gunshot Detection Sensors

Jim Daley

Bloomberg
August 2021

Activists to U.S. Treasury: Use Federal Aid for Pandemic Relief, Not Debt

Shruti Singh

The American Prospect
August 2021

Cities Want to Use Federal Rescue Funds to Pay Off Bank Debt

David Dayen

City Cast Chicago
August 2021

Should Chicago End Its Contract with ShotSpotter? [PODCAST]

Block Club Chicago
July 2021

Chicago Should Cancel ShotSpotter Contract After Report Shows Police Influence On Technology, Activists Say

Mauricio Peña and Justin Laurence

VICE
July 2021

48 Advocacy Groups Call on the FTC to Ban Amazon Surveillance

Edward Ongweso Jr.

Bloomberg
July 2021

Biden’s Last-Ditch Effort to Stop Evictions Frustrates Allies

Nancy Cook and Mackenzie Hawkins

The Hill
July 2021

Activists demand Chicago end ShotSpotter contract

Chris Mills Rodrigo