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

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January 2021

40+ Racial Justice Groups Blast “Fascist Four” Corporations That Enabled Capitol Attack: Amazon, Google, Blackstone and Fidelity

Saqib Bhatti


January 2021

Racial Justice Group Responds to Armed Fascists in Capitol

Vasudha Desikan


January 2021

Racial Justice Group Responds to Dems Taking Back the Senate After GA Runoff Election Results

Vasudha Desikan


November 2020

Racial Justice Group Demands Biden Transition Team Rescind Consideration of Brian Deese for Economic Positions

Vasudha Desikan


September 2020

Racial Justice Group Blasts Trump’s SCOTUS Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett

Vasudha Desikan


July 2020

Dear House Democrats: Abolish and Defund Trump’s Secret Police

Maurice BP-Weeks


June 2020

Racial Justice Group Releases Tool Calculating Police Budgets in 300 Largest U.S. Cities

Tracey Corder


June 2020

Police Force Must Be Defunded to Protect Black Lives, Resist Heightened Fascism Taking Hold in the United States

Maurice BP-Weeks

The Atlantic
May 2020

Cancel Rent

Annie Lowrey

The Los Angeles Times
May 2020

‘This isn’t an acceptable reality’: L.A. renters hit new levels of rage under coronavirus

Liam Dillon

The HuffPost
May 2020

May Rent Is Due, And Hundreds Of Thousands Of Tenants Are Going On Strike

Rebecca Burns

Telemundo
May 2020

Inquilinos se manifiestan para no pagar la renta durante la crisis económica generada por el coronavirus

María Peña

Fast Company
May 2020

See where the nearly 200,000 rent strikes are happening in the U.S

Adele Peters

The American Prospect
May 2020

Unsanitized: May Day Brings Rent Strikes, Worker Walkouts

David Dayen

The New York Times
May 2020

#CancelRent Is New Rallying Cry for Tenants. Landlords Are Alarmed.

Matthew Haag and Conor Dougherty