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If you get laid off, there’s a system that’s supposed to help you get by: unemployment benefits. Whenever California stares down a pandemic or a possible recession, the partial wage-replacement program is one of the most important economic safeguards for workers. But the benefits have become more difficult for...
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In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Crisis Pregnancy Centers are drawing more scrutiny. In June, California Attorney General Rob Bonta warned the centers advertise reproductive health care services, but their true mission is to dissuade people from seeking an abortion. Stephanie Peng, senior manager...
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El COVID-19 ha tocado casi todas las facetas de la vida, y un nuevo informe del Centro de Prestamos Responsables dice que las mujeres que pagan prestamos estudiantiles se han visto especialmente afectadas. El informe dice en particular que la pandemia exacerbo la inestabilidad financiera de las mujeres de color, reduciendo...
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COVID-19 has touched just about every facet of life, and a new report from the Center for Responsible Lending says women repaying student loans have been hit especially hard. The report says in particular, the pandemic exacerbated the financial instability of women of color, reducing their ability to repay...
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El presidente Joe Biden está pidiendo a las compañías de petróleo y gas que comiencen a desviar las ganancias récord de los bolsillos de los accionistas para ofrecerles a los estadounidenses algo de alivio en la bomba. Un nuevo análisis económico sugiere que el enfoque podría ser clave para...
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President Joe Biden is calling on oil and gas companies to start steering record profits away from shareholder pockets to give Americans some relief at the pump. A new economic analysis suggests the approach could be key to lowering prices across the board. Josh Bivens, research director for the Economic Policy...
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Higher-education experts are promoting a new way to rank colleges and universities, proposing an Economic Mobility Index (EMI) to measure whether the school creates a path to the middle class, instead of the traditional rankings. The nonprofit think tank Third Way released its EMI rankings this spring, and California State University-Los...
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As the country reels with the highest levels of inflation seen since the 1980s, experts say without adding more workers, wage increases could drive prices – and inflation – even higher in Ohio and across the U.S. While many future jobs will be taken by youths aging into the...
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Painting alarming scenes of fires, floods and economic disruption, the California Legislature’s advisors today released a series of reports that lays out in stark terms the impacts of climate change across the state. The typically reserved, nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office outlined dire consequences for Californians as climate change continues to alter...
If you get laid off, there’s a system that’s supposed to help you get by: unemployment benefits. Whenever California stares down a pandemic or a possible recession, the partial wage-replacement program is one of the most important economic safeguards for workers. But the benefits have become more difficult for...
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Crisis Pregnancy Centers are drawing more scrutiny. In June, California Attorney General Rob Bonta warned the centers advertise reproductive health care services, but their true mission is to dissuade people from seeking an abortion. Stephanie Peng, senior manager...
El COVID-19 ha tocado casi todas las facetas de la vida, y un nuevo informe del Centro de Prestamos Responsables dice que las mujeres que pagan prestamos estudiantiles se han visto especialmente afectadas. El informe dice en particular que la pandemia exacerbo la inestabilidad financiera de las mujeres de color, reduciendo...
El presidente Joe Biden está pidiendo a las compañías de petróleo y gas que comiencen a desviar las ganancias récord de los bolsillos de los accionistas para ofrecerles a los estadounidenses algo de alivio en la bomba. Un nuevo análisis económico sugiere que el enfoque podría ser clave para...
Higher-education experts are promoting a new way to rank colleges and universities, proposing an Economic Mobility Index (EMI) to measure whether the school creates a path to the middle class, instead of the traditional rankings. The nonprofit think tank Third Way released its EMI rankings this spring, and California State University-Los...
As the country reels with the highest levels of inflation seen since the 1980s, experts say without adding more workers, wage increases could drive prices – and inflation – even higher in Ohio and across the U.S. While many future jobs will be taken by youths aging into the...
Painting alarming scenes of fires, floods and economic disruption, the California Legislature’s advisors today released a series of reports that lays out in stark terms the impacts of climate change across the state. The typically reserved, nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office outlined dire consequences for Californians as climate change continues to alter...