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Senior Fellow
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Jean
Ross
Senior Fellow, Economic Policy
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Estep
Associate Director
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Khattar
Director of Economic Analysis, Inclusive Economy
Marina
Zhavoronkova
Senior Fellow
Lily
Roberts
Acting Vice President, Inclusive Economy
Karla
Walter
Senior Director, American Worker Project
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Madland
Senior Fellow; Senior Adviser, American Worker Project
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Child Tax Credit Helps Georgia Families Weather Emergencies
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Child Tax Credit Helps Georgia Families Weather Emergencies
The expanded child tax credit came right on time to help a Georgia mother of four avoid homelessness.
Without Child Tax Credit, Some Georgia Parents Must Leave Workforce To Care for Their Children
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Without Child Tax Credit, Some Georgia Parents Must Leave Workforce To Care for Their Children
Forced out of the workforce due to high child care costs, a new mother in Georgia used the expanded child tax credit to make ends meet.
How the Child Tax Credit Has Helped Arizona Parents Afford Rent
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How the Child Tax Credit Has Helped Arizona Parents Afford Rent
An Arizonan mother of three relied on the expanded child tax credit to afford increasing housing costs with stagnating wages.
Ensuring electric vehicle jobs are good jobs
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Ensuring electric vehicle jobs are good jobs
David Madland explains why Congress should develop a new prevailing wage policy for electric vehicle jobs.
Prevailing Wages Can Build Good Jobs Into America’s Electric Vehicle Industry
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Prevailing Wages Can Build Good Jobs Into America’s Electric Vehicle Industry
By instituting prevailing wage policies, policymakers can ensure that the jobs they subsidize in one of America's newest industries offer fair wages and benefits.
Fact Sheet: LGBT Workers in the Labor Market
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Fact Sheet: LGBT Workers in the Labor Market
New data from the Census Bureau reveal economic insecurity and labor market gaps experienced by LGBT people compared with non-LGBT populations.
Proven State and Local Strategies To Create Good Jobs With IIJA Infrastructure Funds
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Proven State and Local Strategies To Create Good Jobs With IIJA Infrastructure Funds
This report outlines four proven ways to ensure that new federal infrastructure investments create good jobs, boost equity, and support good value.
Strategies To Build Worker Power in Maine
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Strategies To Build Worker Power in Maine
Maine policymakers can improve the state’s economy and democracy by enacting these 10 recommendations to build worker power.
Raising Wages and Narrowing Pay Gaps With Service Sector Prevailing Wage Laws
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Raising Wages and Narrowing Pay Gaps With Service Sector Prevailing Wage Laws
Prevailing wage laws for government service contracts can uplift wages and benefits; reduce racial pay gaps; and could have a range of positive effects on worker turnover, service quality, local budgets, and collective bargaining.
How the U.S. Government Should Enforce Prevailing Wage Standards in All of Its Spending
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How the U.S. Government Should Enforce Prevailing Wage Standards in All of Its Spending
As lawmakers debate economic recovery investments, they must ensure that all companies receiving government funding comply with job quality standards.
Service Contract Workers Deserve Good Jobs
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Service Contract Workers Deserve Good Jobs
President Biden is using his executive authority to build power and improve the lives of contract workers; he can do even more to raise standards for service workers.
How Trump Has Undermined the Wisconsin Economy
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How Trump Has Undermined the Wisconsin Economy
While President Trump boasts of creating the “best economy ever,” Wisconsinites are experiencing something far different.
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Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice
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Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice
We pursue climate action that meets the crisis’s urgency, creates good-quality jobs, benefits disadvantaged communities, and restores U.S. credibility on the global stage.
Restoring Social Trust in Democracy
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Restoring Social Trust in Democracy
Democracy is under attack at home and abroad. We must act to ensure it is accessible to all, accountable, and can serve as a force of good.
Building an Economy for All
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Building an Economy for All
Economic growth must be built on the foundation of a strong and secure middle class so that all Americans benefit from growth.