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A breakdown of the public policies needed to ensure that all Americans have a chance to move into the middle class and stay there.

A Federal-State Partnership to Increase State Investment and Return to Debt-Free Public Higher Education

Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Meeks, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to submit the following statement for the record as part of today’s hearing.

Discrimination has no place in New York. At our best, we’re a city where people of all races, ethnicities, creeds, and backgrounds have an opportunity to work hard and make their mark. But today in New York, many qualified job seekers are turned away from employment because of their personal credit

Addressing the Racial Wealth Gap with New Rigor

We support rulemaking to require public companies to disclose to shareholders the use of corporate resources for political activities.

A number of states have laws demanding citizens produce documentary evidence of citizenship to register to vote. These laws have far-reaching implications for voter participation in our democracy.

How Higher Education Cuts Undermine the State’s Future Middle Class

In 2010 and 2011, Maryland and New York took bold steps to correct the problem known as prison gerrymandering, a problem resulting from the United States Census Bureau’s practice of counting incarcerated individuals as residents of their prison cells rather than their home communities.

Spoiler alert: they do not. Rules work in corporations favor and against workers.