economic-disparities

Black families are falling further behind on home ownership | Analysis

BY: - October 18, 2022

The Black-white disparity in homeownership is larger now than it was in 1960.

Sick Leave Written on Notebook With Pill Blister Packs and Stethoscope

Pandemic prompts more states to mandate paid sick leave | Analysis

BY: - September 19, 2022

Seventeen states now have mandatory paid sick leave laws.

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Of the 10 most child-friendly states, only one has attempted to ban abortion. Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In states where abortion is banned, children and families already face an uphill battle | Opinion

BY: - September 16, 2022

States that take the strictest stands against abortion tend to have among the worst statistics on child and family well-being in the nation.

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We’re Black leaders. Here’s how we’re closing a 228-year-old racial wealth gap | Opinion

BY: - September 14, 2022

We know that nothing grows without an investment. And investment without representation is just charity.

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Government benefits can reduce child poverty. DBenitostock/Moment via Getty Images

Child poverty estimates point to a record low in 2021 | Opinion

BY: - September 6, 2022

Here's how it could have been even lower.

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The new labor movement might save America. This is why | Opinion

BY: - August 29, 2022

Unions promise a better life for workers, but in today’s climate they just might save our country, too.

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Can the U.S. slide into authoritarianism? Yes. But we can avoid it if we try | Opinion

BY: - August 23, 2022

Truly, together as the United States of America, we are better than this.

Advocates look for new ways to fill city ‘food deserts’ | Analysis

BY: - August 15, 2022

An estimated 53.6M people live outside an easy walk or drive to a full-service grocery store.

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“Putting the screws on him,” a cartoon by Udo J. Keppler, appeared in Puck magazine in 1904. President Theordore Roosevelt, pictured upper right, was a famous trustbuster. Image via Library of Congress.

We’ve fought monopoly power before — we can do it again | Opinion

BY: - August 11, 2022

It’s critical to restoring democratic control over our economy.

Homeless camping bans are spreading. This group shaped the bills

BY: - August 10, 2022

The Cicero Institute is pushing a model with residency limits, bans on permanent encampments, and penalties for cities that refuse to remove them.

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A proposed reduction to Pennsylvania's corporate net income tax could be included in this year's state budget.

Democrats need to become anti-monopolists again | Opinion

BY: - June 6, 2022

We cannot address our economic, societal dysfunction without fighting back at the corporate overlords who have hijacked our democracy.

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What the GOP’s culture war is really about. And how it’s out of Putin’s playbook | Robert Reich

BY: - May 27, 2022

Both Putin and the far-right are trying to divert attention from the economic plunder by the ultra-rich