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On Tuesday morning, for the ninth time in less than a year and half, low-wage employees working for federal contractors are going on strike.
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Ned Resnikoff
It's fair to say most people think of giving to charity as a good thing to do. If we have extra resources, it feels right to help people who are less fortunate.
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Danielle Kurtzleben
"The steady erosion of state investment in public higher education over the last few decades reflects a stunning abdication of responsibility on the part of states to preserve college affordability."
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Joseph Hines
What if the poor need more than disposable income to escape poverty? What if they need a life coach?
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Jamelle Bouie
On Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto, Demos Policy Analyst Catherine Ruetschlin explains why ending just-in-time and erratic scheduling leads t
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The fall out continues over whether Governor Cuomo's top aid interfered with an ethics commission probe, with some now saying that the state's Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, could have done more to protect the integrity of the investigations, and whether any actual crimes were committed.
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Karen DeWitt
Eliminating poverty seems like an impossibly utopian goal, but it's actually pretty easy: we can just give people enough money that they're above the poverty line. That idea, known as a basic income, has been around forever, but it's made a comeback in recent years.
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Dylan Matthews
Demos Policy Analyst Robert Hiltonsmith testifies before the Congressional Progressive Caucus on wage theft and its effects on the earnings of low-income workers.
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Nate Silver has already dubbed the 2014 election as " the least important in years." But this year's midterms are still breaking records for at least one thing: Secret political spending.
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Liz Kennedy
Sean McElwee
If being a parent often feels like a constant juggling act, it can be that much more challenging for single parents. Between work and parenting, it can feel like there’s never enough time, energy or money for the things you want to do. And that feeling may extend to your credit too. You may barely
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Gerri Detweiler