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Does extreme inequality make us anxious and depressed? Does it make us narcissistic and egotistical? Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Or at least that's the suggestion of a bunch of new research studies that look at how people cope psychologically with high levels of economic and social stratification. That
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David Callahan
In response to a declining voter turnout rate, California recently implemented big reforms to help boost the turnout rate: online registration, same day registration (SDR), and relaxing the vote by mail deadline. A recent report by the Public Policy Institute of California analyzed the impact of the
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J. Mijin Cha

Why employment credit checks constitute an illegitimate barrier to employment.

Research
Amy Traub
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Extreme market forces are corrupting us as individuals – morally and ethically.
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David Callahan
Pennsylvania has been trying for almost two years now to download a voter ID law Republican legislators passed into something workable on the ground. They’ve failed at every turn because grassroots organizers have consistently exposed the burdens the law imposes on voters, which courts have taken
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Brentin Mock
When it comes to boosting economic opportunity, President Obama isn’t going to wait for Congress anymore. In his State of the Union Address last night, the President made a powerful statement about employers’ obligation to reward work -- starting with his own obligation as the executive in charge of
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Heather C. McGhee
Amy Traub
Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday applauded low-wage federal contract workers, saying their months of protest had paved the way for President Barack Obama’s upcoming executive order to raise the minimum wage for new contractors.
In the media
Elizabeth Kuhr
At Fox News, President Obama's push to increase the federal minimum wage for millions of American workers through legislative and executive action is merely a "symbolic" gesture.
In the media
Craig Harrington
As long as there have been markets, people have been driven by greed to make irrational investment decisions. When enough people get in on the action, valuations -- the prices of securities -- go haywire, soaring to obscene heights and then crashing in a shower of crushed dreams. Chasing performance
In the media
Sheyna Steiner
The “Procurement Act" allows President Obama to pass an executive order to raise the pay for federal contract workers.
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Jenn Rolnick Borchetta