Rigged to Fail – Press and Media Hits

Rigged to Fail When State Policies Suppress Workers’ Abilities to Make Ends Meet March 2015 http://thejobgap.org/ “Rigged to Fail” Work Study Urges Minimum Wage Increase, Lift on Right to Work, March 26, 2015 – Orlando Political Observer Child Care Tax Credits Help Working Families Succeed, April 14, 2015  – Context Florida Supporters for Medicaid Expansion Hold Rally in Charlottesville, AprilContinue reading “Rigged to Fail – Press and Media Hits”

Equity in the Balance – Press and Media Hits

Equity in the Balance How a Living Wage Would Help Women and People of Color Make Ends Meet November 2104 Press Releases: Groundbreaking Report Reveals Evidence of Economic Racism Only 52 percent of Full-Time Workers of Color Earn Enough to Make Ends Meet Legislature Set to Ban Local Minimum Wage Laws –  Bozeman Daily ChronicleContinue reading “Equity in the Balance – Press and Media Hits”

Families Out of Balance – Press and Media hits

Families Out of Balance How a Living Wage Helps Working Families Move From Debt to Stability August 2014 Press Release: Families Out of Balance: Living Wages Move Families from Survive to Thrive Media Connecticut “Working Families Struggling to Make Ends Meet are Sliding Deeper into Debt” – Connecticut Post Blog “Campaign demands better job access” – YaleContinue reading “Families Out of Balance – Press and Media hits”

20 Years Later, Can We Finally End Excessive Policing?

The movement against police violence — a movement perhaps best summed up by the slogan Black Lives Matter — is at a turning point. Of course, police abuse of power is as old as policing itself. Racist and disproportionate police misconduct, and violence targeted at communities of color, is just as lasting. But it seemsContinue reading “20 Years Later, Can We Finally End Excessive Policing?”

Racial Disparities in Health Care Access Magnified As More Gain Coverage

I was recently on a telephone call with Antron McKay-West, the president and founder of Upgrade Mississippi. He was describing the frustration people in his tiny hometown on the Mississippi Delta experienced trying to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Most families in the town still don’t have Internet in theirContinue reading “Racial Disparities in Health Care Access Magnified As More Gain Coverage”