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"People don't live on the same blocks, they don't interact with each other."

Demos' Vice President of Policy and Research Tamara Draut joins Melissa Harris Perry to discuss the importance of college education and the new reality of unlivable working-class wages.

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Empowering Care Workers: The Key to a Better Care Economy

Good care jobs are the foundation of a good care economy. Empowering care workers through better pay, stronger protections, and collective voice would improve care quality, reduce workforce shortages, and advance racial and economic equity.

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We Have a Choice to Make

Worker power is not solely a labor issue, but one of the most urgent democracy crises of our time. 

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Taifa Smith Butler
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If You Want to Know How the Economy Is Doing, Start with Black Women

Black women are often the first to feel economic pressure and the last to recover. Their unemployment data is a clearer signal of economic health than any topline indicator.

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Daniella Zessoules