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Trump is putting crucial school funding at risk by dismantling the Department of Education
See how much federal funding your school district could lose.
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What is DOGE doing to Social Security?
Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attacks on Social Security aren’t about efficiency.
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The ongoing influence of slavery and Jim Crow means high poverty rates and low economic mobility in the South
Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Part Four
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The House Republicans’ plan to cut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the rich would slash incomes for the bottom 40%
The clearest legislative priority of the Trump administration and the Republican-led Congress is to keep taxes low for the richest households and corporations.
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With child labor violations on the rise, new report shows that child labor laws are under attack in states across the country
Both violations of child labor laws and state legislative proposals to roll back child labor protections are on the rise across the country, according to a comprehensive new Economic Policy Institute report on child labor standards.
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The value of the federal minimum wage is at its lowest point in 66 years
The value of the federal minimum wage has reached its lowest point in 66 years, according to an EPI analysis of recently released Consumer Price Index (CPI) data.
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State of working America 2021: Measuring wages in the pandemic labor market
Measuring wages in the pandemic labor market
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Janus and fair share fees
Over the last decade, a number of cases attacking the rights of public-sector union members have been quietly working their way through the courts and, finally, up to the U.S. Supreme Court.