Maryland will enroll people in health coverage, which could be free for many, via state tax returns.
Kalena Thomhave
Kalena Thomhave is a freelance journalist and researcher based in Pittsburgh. She is a former Prospect writing fellow.
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American Call Center Workers Rally for Their Filipino Counterparts
While American call center jobs are offshored to the labor-hostile Philippines, some American call center workers are publicly supporting Filipino workers’ right to organize.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Blue City Challenge: Clawing Back Power From Red States
Republican state governments have blocked cities from raising wages and helping workers. Now, an activist movement is rallying to win back local power.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Democrats Battle Over How to Raise the Minimum Wage
The overwhelming majority of House Democrats support a $15 federal minimum wage. But a centrist bill to institute regional minimum wages is standing in the way.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How to Help the Multiple Victims of a Wrongful Conviction
Restorative justice may open a path to healing for the exonerated, the state, and even the victim of the original crime.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Another GOP Brainstorm—“You’ll Be Healthier If We Take Away Your Health Care”—Struck Down in Court
A federal judge rejects Medicaid work requirement programs in Arkansas and Kentucky because kicking people off their health insurance won’t somehow improve their health.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Prison Advocates Declare Win as Proposed Prison Phone Industry Merger Dies
Last year, two prison phone company giants, Securus and Inmate Calling Solutions (ICS) announced they planned to merge, sparking concerns of duopoly in an industry already dominated by a just a few major players. Such consolidation has long impacted poor people and those of color disproportionately, along with their families, as prison phone companies charge […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Could California End Childhood Poverty?
America’s most liberal state government has a far-reaching plan to do just that. But does it have the will to enact it?
Posted inEconomic Policy
New Legislation Would Rein In Corporate Offshoring
It’s a necessary step in identifying progressives’ tax priorities.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Another Way to Police the Poor
On Monday, The New York Times reported that the federal government was exploring ways to use social media to crack down on instances of disability fraud, even as applications for disability benefits fall. This is not the first time that the government has looked to social media to investigate welfare fraud—in fact, such an intrusion […]