Conservative states are reducing enhanced weekly payments and increased eligibility, while other federal fiscal supports expire. It could stunt the economic recovery.
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Posted inHousing
The Housing Madness Will Hit Renters the Hardest
Purchase prices may be skyrocketing, but the real problem is an imminent eviction crisis and a stubborn inability to deliver rental relief.
Posted inWorking in America
Can We Protect America’s Workers?
The Protecting America’s Workers Act has been introduced and neglected year after year. But do OSHA’s problems run deeper?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Two Red Herrings
Is inflation breaking out? Are workers spoiled by relief payments? No, and no.
Posted inAmerica and the World
In India, Suppressing Dissent Can’t Suppress COVID
The Modi government is more concerned with its public image than saving lives.
Posted inCabinet Watch
Chris Coons Working to Install Business-Friendly Candidate for Key Patent Position
The Delaware senator wants a say in the next director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and claims to have a deal with the White House.
Posted inWorking in America
The Fight for $15 Confronts the ‘Labor Shortage’ Narrative
Strikers are walking off the job today, seeking dignity at work at a time when business owners want a reserve army to accept low pay and bad conditions.
Posted inPolitics
A Kentucky Surprise: Bipartisan Reforms to Ease Voting
What’s different about Kentucky—and what could other states learn?
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Real Shortages in the U.S. Economy
It’s not a shortage of labor, it’s a shortage of attentiveness to how the economy has failed its citizens.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Capitalism and the Caring Economy
The entire caregiving sector needs to be separated from the commercial economy. Otherwise, we pay exorbitant costs for inadequate services and abuse workers and patients alike.
