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Best-practice recommendations from “Got ID?” programs
Research
April 18, 2012
Tova Andrea Wang
Common Cause
Lawyer's Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Fair Elections Legal Network
How Raising Wages Would Benefit Workers, the Industry and the Overall Economy
Research
November 19, 2012
On March 15, 2013, the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings on the London Whale scandal. The indomitable and indefatigable Chairman Carl Levin, ably supported by the brilliant committee chief of staff, Elise Bean, took on six JP Morgan Chase (“JPMC”) current and former executives for four hours and three regulators for two, with support from other Committee members.
How Our Tax Dollars Are Funding Low-Wage Work and Fueling Inequality
Research
May 8, 2013
Amy Traub
Robert Hiltonsmith
The key provisions of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) that have successfully allowed millions of eligible voters to register.
Eight examples of the human consequences of delayed regulatory rules.
Extreme wage gaps within the fast food industry has made its sector the most unequal in the American economy
How we work every day to operationalize within our organization the racial equity and inclusion that we seek to advance in our country.
Research
November 15, 2018
Heather C. McGhee
Lucy Mayo
Angela Park
Public-sector jobs in Massachusetts are more likely than private-sector jobs to be good jobs that provide a family-supporting income and wealth-building benefits. They need to be preserved.
Research
November 20, 2018
This Explainer describes the legal requirements states must follow when maintaining voter rolls.
Research
February 15, 2017
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
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
This report presents new research on the scope of federally-supported employment in the private economy and shows how, using our over 1.3 trillion dollars in federal purchasing, the President of the United States can place over twenty million Americans on a pathway to the middle class.
Research
June 18, 2014
Robert Hiltonsmith
Lew Daly
Why better measures of government output can help us grasp potentially damaging tradeoffs between fiscal austerity and collective needs.
Financialization is a major driver of growing inequality and undermines key sources of growth and job creation.
Research
February 10, 2015
How the retail industry fails to meet the needs of the Black and Latino workforce.
Research
June 2, 2015
Catherine Ruetschlin
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad
New York State’s Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA) is a bold climate action policy for the people of New York.
Policy Briefs
March 20, 2019
How the Climate & Community Protection Act will Increase Resiliency for New York’s Latinx Communities
Policy Briefs
April 15, 2019
Lew Daly
Priya Mulgaonkar
The justice system has been deployed against people of color to imprison would-be-voters and keep political power in the hands of white men.
Blog
May 3, 2019
Amshula K. Jayaram
Chiraag Bains
Campaign finance reforms help address the racial and economic injustices that continue to plague our democracy.
Blog
May 3, 2019
Laura Williamson
Mark Huelsman
Emmanuel Caicedo