Policy

We asked nine leading Black labor organizers and policy advocates how to advance racial equity in the Covid recovery — and beyond. Here are their responses.

While workers are continuing to struggle under Covid, corporate lobbyists are converging on Capitol Hill to block proposed pro-labor reforms.

The next few months will be crucial to securing the big, bold policy wins needed to build a more equitable, sustainable country for all.

Democrats just passed a budget framework that could make millions of immigrant workers less vulnerable to exploitation.

The climate jobs program in the budget reconciliation deal should build on FDR’s initiative in ways that advance equity for all.

A CEO pay surtax would have two appealing selling points for Manchin and other moderate Dems. 

Immigrants have played a key role in keeping families and the economy functioning during the pandemic. Now Congress has an opportunity to ensure these essential workers share in the benefits of recovery.

By using the power of the public purse, we can encourage federal contractors to be upstanding corporate citizens.

As the federal eviction moratorium expiration date looms, housing organizers in one of America’s most unequal states offer a new, equitable path forward.