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National online dial survey results from testing various race, class, and democracy narratives
The working class today is much more complex and diverse than the white, male, manufacturing archetype often evoked in popular narratives.
25 Federal Policies to Lift Up Working People
Research
January 31, 2018
This report presents findings on the use of public transit by people of color and on the potential jobs benefits that people of color can gain from investments in public transit.
Research
November 15, 2017
All money in politics events should be planned in a way that elevates the most marginalized voices.
Research
June 27, 2017
Jasmine Gomez
Allie Boldt
How and why two types of theft—wage theft and shoplifting—are treated so differently.
From the time a baby is born, American families are trapped between the need to provide care for their children and the necessity of earning income.
Research
December 13, 2016
Amy Traub
Robert Hiltonsmith
Tamara Draut
Walmart's raises to $9 an hour in 2015 and then to $10 an hour in 2016 is a positive step forward, but it still falls short of giving workers the wages they need.
Research
September 16, 2015
The dominance of big money in our politics makes it far harder for people of color to exert political power and effectively advocate for their interests as both wealth and power are consolidated by a small, very white, share of the population.
How the retail industry fails to meet the needs of the Black and Latino workforce.
Research
June 2, 2015
Catherine Ruetschlin
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad
Financialization is a major driver of growing inequality and undermines key sources of growth and job creation.
Research
February 10, 2015
How America’s Big-Box Retailers Turn Their Economic Power into Political Influence
Research
November 24, 2014
Catherine Ruetschlin
Sean McElwee
More than 1.2 million African Americans in 175 communities across the country have councils that do not descriptively represent them
Research
October 30, 2014
If we do not close voter turnout gaps, our democracy is destined to become less and less representative in the coming decades.
Research
October 23, 2014
Spoiler alert: they do not. Rules work in corporations favor and against workers.
Why better measures of government output can help us grasp potentially damaging tradeoffs between fiscal austerity and collective needs.
In 2013, Walmart spent billions repurchasing shares of its own stock. It should have spent it raising wages.
Research
June 4, 2014
Catherine Ruetschlin
Amy Traub
Extreme wage gaps within the fast food industry has made its sector the most unequal in the American economy
Millions are working hard to move forward, or just to make ends meet, and getting nowhere. This policy agenda can change that reality.
Research
October 14, 2013
Miles Rapoport
Jennifer Wheary
How the dominance of politics by the affluent & business undermines economic mobility in America
Research
February 13, 2013
David Callahan
J. Mijin Cha