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We Have to Stop Choosing Big Banks Over Black Workers

April 1, 2022

By Sarah Anderson

In this latest ‘Visible’ series, we talk with Sarah Anderson at the Institute for Policy Studies about ways the federal government can prioritize Black employment over bonuses for big bank CEOs.

The Federal Reserve Must Take Black Employment Seriously Before Raising Interest Rates

March 4, 2022

By Domenica Ghanem, Chirag Mehta, and Dorian Warren

In our first ‘Visible’ series, Dorian Warren and Chirag Mehta explain how raising interest rates right now only punishes Black workers for inflation caused by corporations.

Unequal Coverage of Our Economic Recovery Renders Black Workers Invisible

February 4, 2022

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

While many people of color are finally returning to the workforce, they are only just starting to recover, while we’re well into the white jobs recovery.

The Pandemic Cost Him Everything. But the Child Tax Credit Is Giving His Family Hope.

July 8, 2021

By Domenica Ghanem

Phil came to the U.S. in search of opportunity, but when COVID-19 hit he lost his job, immigration status, and health care when he needed it the most. Name has…

We Need a Permanent Expanded CTC for Our Children’s Futures

June 4, 2021

By Topacio Marrero

Like many parents, the pandemic brought so much uncertainty into my family’s life. As a wife and mother of two young children, there was no amount of planning that could…

Because…

October 23, 2020

By Sa'iyda Shabazz

I vote because my life depends on it, literally and figuratively. As a Black, queer, low-income mother, another four years of what we’ve had feels like I’m signing over my own death certificate. 

Voices of Everyday Leaders

May 17, 2020

By Ayanna Albertson

Digital Organizing In The Time of COVID In the age of social-distancing, many of our everyday leaders have shifted how they operate. From educators offering instruction from a virtual classroom…

We need policies that harness the vital roles of community colleges

November 11, 2019

By Michael Jackson

Our world has an increasing reliance on new, ever-changing technology that requires workers to have near-constant flexibility to upgrade, retrain, and retool their skills. It’s estimated that millions of ‘middle-skill…

Voices of Everyday Leaders

October 31, 2019

By Ayanna Albertson

Look What Florida is Doing to Procure Job Security for Women and People of Color In older generations, it was common to keep the same job for 10, 20 or…

Voices of Everyday Leaders

October 15, 2019

By Melissa Chadburn

Power Concedes Nothing Without Demand This evening democratic candidates will gather at Otterbein University in Westerville, a suburb of Columbus, for the presidential primary debates. While they will be discussing…

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