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I think a state-level proposal of guaranteeing and enforcing that people who are imprisoned are paid at least the minimum wage deserves real scrutiny
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Connie M. Razza
Understanding the racial wealth gap
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Ellen McGirt
Today, with health coverage for maternity care threatened, child care costs outstripping the price of college tuition, and nearly a quarter of new mothers forced to return to work two weeks or less after giving birth, we are making it extraordinarily difficult for anyone but the ve
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Amy Traub
Walmart is the country's largest private-sector employer. Which has made it a target of both praise and criticism. [...] "Walmart's business model is pretty simple," said Amy Traub. "The company pays its workers poverty wages. It offers few benefits and it manipulates workers' hours and understaffs
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MPR News Staff
Much like Election Day, Tax Day is a shared expression of our democracy enacted by its participants.
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Connie M. Razza
To win over and mobilize the public, social justice advocates must articulate what we’re for, not just what we’re against. The American people deserve better than what’s currently on offer from team Trump, but for many, the status quo also falls short. If progressives are to fulfill one of our core
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Jared Bernstein
Ben Spielberg
What propelled Donald Trump to victory in the 2016 election? Though the foggy aftermath of the election left us with many competing theories, only now are the data to test them coming out. The recently released American National Election Studies (ANES) survey can give us some insights into the
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Sean McElwee
New York has been hailed as a progressive state leading others for passing a budget that makes college tuition free for middle-class students.
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Jill Berman
New York’s plan is a step forward in returning to the days when students could work their way through public college without taking on debt. But the impact on reducing the need to borrow may be minimal, especially for first-generation, low-wealth students.
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Michael Statford
All those who care about getting big money out of politics have real reason to be concerned about Gorsuch’s record.
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Blair Bowie