Arindrajit Dube brilliantly dissects how wages really are set—but overlooks the particular hurdles that care workers face.
Health & Social Policy
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GOP Food Stamp Work Requirements Hit Just as Jobs Dry Up
Millions of people will lose food stamps, according to early estimates.
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Mom, Kids, and Nowhere to Go
Family homelessness is spiking just as the Trump administration rolls back social services.
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Hazing Still Kills College Students
A Washington state mother navigates tragedy, working alongside anti-hazing advocates to raise awareness about fraternity and other group initiation practices that can turn deadly.
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Getting New York City to Believe in Government
Maintaining the momentum of Zohran Mamdani’s historically successful election campaign has meant doing the little things right.
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Trump’s Wreckage of Social Security and Medicare
The assault on cherished social insurance programs is a gift to Democrats, but only if they are clear about how to defend them.
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GOP War on Health Care Destroying Hospitals at Home and Abroad
More than 800 health care facilities are at risk or have already closed since Republicans severely cut funding last year. The worst is still ahead.
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Trump’s Death Panel
The proposed cuts in several forms of health care spending are a real version of the fake ‘death panels’ that the right attributed to Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
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Mamdani Announces Free Child Care Program for City Workers
The provider will be on the ground floor of the Dinkins Municipal Building, and is another step on the road to a free, universal program citywide.