Reports by ACRE Institute
January 29, 2026
The Primary Dealers of Genocide
Israel’s genocide in Gaza and military campaigns across the region over the past two years are heavily reliant on debt for financing. The last two years of genocide have led to a significant rise in public debt for Israel, prompting
November 20, 2025
Pay Us What You Owe Us
Pay Us What You Owe Us: Concrete State Solutions to Re-Fund Our Communities We are in the midst of what many are deeming the largest transfer of wealth in U.S. history from Black, brown and poor communities to the ultra-wealthy.
September 09, 2025
Sacrificed
Sacrificed: KKR & the Black and Brown Communities in the Gulf Coast Port Arthur stands out. Port Arthur stands out on the Gulf Coast, which is where much of the US’s fossil fuel infrastructure is concentrated. The city stands out
May 20, 2025
Downgraded by War
Downgraded by War: Rising Debt and Credit Downgrades Make Israeli Bonds Increasingly Risky Bet for U.S. Investors As Israel’s military campaigns in Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria continue, Israel’s debt load is skyrocketing and its economy is struggling to keep pace.
March 19, 2025
Driven Out By AI
Driven Out By AI: How Uber Deactivations Force Drivers into Chatbot Hell and Financial Crisis Rideshare corporations like Uber and Lyft disrupt drivers’ lives through deactivation policies that abruptly block drivers’ access to platforms and income. These firms use AI-driven
March 12, 2024
A Philly that Works for Everyone: The Wealth to Fund Our City Exists
When we don't tax the rich, our communities are forced to foot the bill, widening the racial pay gap and hurting Black and Brown Philadelphians the most.
December 12, 2023
Untangling Discrimination
How Temporary Staffing Agencies Rely on a Racist Business Model to Discriminate Today’s temporary work landscape emerges from a history of racist labor practices dating back to slavery and sharecropping. The earliest iteration of temporary staffing agencies sold slave labor
May 17, 2023
First We Get The Money: $12 Billion to Fund a Just Chicago
Real community safety comes from addressing the underlying issues that lead to crime and violence.
May 03, 2023
Murdered Behind the Wheel
Murdered Behind the Wheel: An Escalating Crisis for App Drivers - Spring 2023 At least 31 app-based workers, primarily people of color, were murdered while working.
March 15, 2023
Passing the Buck
Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas touts his record of balancing budgets and fiscal responsibility, but a close look at his financial policies as the Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) shows a pattern of kicking financial problems down the road and leaving future generations of schoolchildren with the bill.