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Power Research for Just Futures

Building stronger, more strategic campaigns to help us win what our communities need to thrive.

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New Resource: Fossil Fuel Finance Hub
How does Wall Street drive the climate crisis? Learn about the role of the financial industry in propping up fossil fuels. Plug into ongoing campaigns resisting fossil finance. Locate tools and resources so you can research Wall Street actors.

LittleSis Power Research Database

LittleSis is a free, open-source research platform. It is a database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government and a powerful tool for strategic research.

Map the Power Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to provide people organizing for social change in their communities with the resources, tips, and framework they need to conduct power research for building campaigns.

Upcoming Trainings

LittleSis leads trainings and workshops, both in person and online, on how to do power research – to help researchers, activists, and journalists learn skills to map out the networks of power that shape our society, politics and economy.

News: Eyes on the ties

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Archiving Our Movements: How Power Research Supported the Fight to Save Philadelphia’s Chinatown

By Munira Lokhandwala, Lauren Parker

The “No Arena in Chinatown” movement swept through the city, bringing together youth, labor, community organizations, and civic groups, to build one of the broadest multi-racial, cross-class coalitions the city has seen in decades.

Reports

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  • Downgraded By War

    Rising Debt and Credit Downgrades Make Israeli Bonds Increasingly Risky Bet for U.S. Investors

  • CorpU

    Researching Corporate Influence on College & University Boards

  • The Darker Side of Consumers Energy

    Extracting Profits, Causing Harm, and Damaging Democracy