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The Poverty Initiative and the Kairos Center unite with the leaders of Moral Mondays on understanding poverty in the US as a moral issue

On Saturday, February 8, 2014, the Poverty Initiative and Kairos Center will bring over 70 leaders to the Moral March in Raleigh, North Carolina organized by the sisters and brothers of Historic Thousands on Jones Street who have been leading the Moral Mondays struggle.

Center for Reproductive Rights submits amicus brief to U.S. Supreme Court to defend access to contraception

On January 28th, the to the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court to address recent legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act which has been promoted in the US in by the current administration in an effort to ensure access to health care.

Wal-Mart Joins the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program

Wal-Mart, the largest grocery retailer in the United States, joined the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program, forever changing the landscape of social responsibility in the food industry. Wal-Mart representatives and leaders from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers sent an unmistakable message: human rights will be the new norm in U.S. agriculture.

Oct. 05, 2011: ESCR-Net Members Demand that US Congress Respect Human Rights in Budget Decisions

Yesterday, a letter demanding that Congress respect human rights on budget decisions was distributed to Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Eric Cantor and Nancy Pelosi, and copied to many other Congressional and Administration officials including President Obama. This letter was signed by 50 organizations spread across the United States, from established national policy groups to grassroots community organizations.

Oct. 04, 2011: Seeing Financial Regulation Anew

In an article appeared on the Summer 2011 issue of Center Focus, Aldo Caliari describes the discrediting of the two beliefs that kept control of financial regulation in the hands of a small cadre of so-called technical elites for the last two decades. "If we want the next decade to see the emergence of a financial system that serves the common good, it is imperative to ensure that the debate on financial regulation sees the active scrutiny and participation of broad swathes of society," he says.

September 20, 2011: Can the U.S. Afford Economic Rights in an Economic Crisis?

Can the U.S. afford to recognize economic and social rights in the midst of high unemployment rates at home and an ongoing global economic crisis?

June 29, 2011: The People's Budget Campaign on TV: Conversations with the Vermont Workers' Center and NESRI

ESCR-Net member NESRI and the Vermont's Worker's Center discuss the the People's Budget Campaign, which seeks to minimize and change the effect of budget cuts on working families in Vermont. Here, two videos highlight this recent work and the universality of the healthcare reform in Vermont along with the need to put people at the center of such campaigns in order to change laws. Making Human Rights and the needs of the communities a top priority will help shape upcoming laws to benefit workers and their families and to ensure that Vermont's revenue policies focuses on people's basic rights.