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At the University of Virginia, 17 students (now including a member of the school’s beloved athletic program) are entering the 7th day of a hunger strike, calling for living wages for all campus employees.
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Anna Pycior
In November of 2010, New York state’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights—the first such law in the nation—went into effect, giving some 200,000 nannies, health aides, housekeepers, private cooks, and other at-home workers considerable power to address the poor conditions they often encounter in their
In the media
Sharon Lerner
Here is a question you shouldn't have to think on too hard. What is a more likely scenario in the next ten or twenty years: A) the United States economy is dealt a grievous blow by an energy crisis that, say, is brought on by a disruption of oil supplies from the Persian Gulf; or B) the U.S. faces a
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David Callahan
“It’s a disgrace that this is happening in a country as rich as ours,” former New York Times op-ed columnist Bob Herbert said, describing what he called a “massive employment crisis” in the U.S. Herbert, a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the economic equality think tank Demos, delivered his lecture
In the media
Jennifer Wilmore
The federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the State of New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) violated Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) by improperly withholding voter registration applications from certain public assistance clients.
Press release/statement
The more we learn about Super PACs, the uglier the picture gets.
In the media
Ari Berman
Ahead of the 20 th UN Conference on Sustainable Development in June, Oxfam has released a discussion paper that presents a model that could help eradicate poverty while at the same time is environmentally sustainable.
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J. Mijin Cha
One of the major companies responsible for the nation’s credit meltdown will now control your personal credit history.
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Amy Traub
Thank you, members of the Committee for this opportunity to present testimony. I am a Senior Policy Analyst in the Economic Opportunity Program at Dēmos. We are a national, non-partisan research and advocacy organization, established in 2000 and headquartered in New York City. The Dēmos Economic
Testimony and Public Comment
Amy Traub
Why GDP is (Increasingly) Obsolete
In the media
Lew Daly