January 20, 2026, Washington, D.C. – The first year of Donald Trump’s second term has been marked by unprecedented attacks on economic, racial, and gender justice. In a new report titled “The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers,” the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) provides a sampling of how the Trump Administration…
CLASP launches a new virtual home for the Paid Leave Administrators’ Network—connecting state leaders to share lessons, troubleshoot implementation, and publish case studies that show how policy choices become equitable paid leave programs.
[Crystal] Carey [the new General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board], wrote Lulit Shewan of the Center for Law and Social Policy, is the lead attorney in their NLRB constitutionality challenge. They’ve won, so far.
“We can’t talk about affordability in this moment without naming the huge health care costs that families are now facing because of the expiration of the premium tax credits,” said Ashley Burnside of CLASP.
Earlier this year, the Department of Government Efficiency slashed funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, shuttering local oversight offices—a move that the Center for Law and Social Policy described as an “imminent threat to all workers.”
The flawed logic behind the Pell Grant reconciliation provision—that athletes are now able to earn enough money through NIL deals and revenue sharing payments to not need Pell Grants—is the exact same flawed logic behind the SCORE Act provisions that clamp down on total compensation…
This legislation is an attempt by Congress to pass the blame from its own inaction onto students who are only seeking the right to be paid for their labor.
In July, the Department of Labor introduced an extensive plan to reduce regulations affecting various labor protections, including important workplace safety regulations.