Employers Want to Trap You in Dead-End Jobs. Will Trump’s FTC Help Them?
I worked for the Federal Trade Commission when we banned employers from trapping workers with “noncompete clauses.” Now that victory is in danger.
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I Did My Dissertation on Housing Displacement. Then I Experienced It Myself.
If someone like me can get trapped in the cycle of housing instability, anyone can. But the solutions are out there.
Wall Street Is Killing the Housing Market
Investment giants are buying up homes and pricing real people out of the market. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Trump’s Invasion of D.C. Costs over $1 Million a Day. What Could That Fund Instead?
Deploying the National Guard against D.C.’s unhoused population costs four times more than simply housing them. And that’s true across the country.
The Progressive Case for Tariffs
Trade policy can protect domestic workers, but tariffs only work if used in confluence with other industrial policy strategies.
Donor-Advised Funds: A Power Tool for Political Engagement
Donors disproportionately use donor-advised funds to support politically engaged charities. Anonymity is often a big reason why.
Meet the Low-Wage 100
At the 100 largest low-wage corporations, CEO pay and stock buybacks have soared since 2019 while median worker pay has lagged behind U.S. inflation.
Trump’s Tax Law Clobbers State Budgets. Now’s the Time to Prepare.
With Trump and the GOP slashing essential services to enrich the wealthy, states and cities need to get creative in taking care of the rest of us.
Medicaid Cuts Will Devastate People with Disabilities and Their Communities
Cutting Medicaid strips essential home and community-based medical services from people with disabilities.
How City-Owned Grocery Stores Can Tackle Food Insecurity
As private grocers abandon low-income neighborhoods, Zohran Mamdani’s public ownership proposal offers a solution to market failures.
A Textbook Case of How Tax Policy Fuels Obscene Wealth Accumulation
Jeff Bezos is paying only peanuts in tax on the profits he’s making selling off his Amazon shares.