The athletes whose hard work and dedication are the raw material for the enterprise beloved by millions of Americans should be fairly represented in the process as the workers they are.
Today’s release of the U.S. Census Bureau’s national Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance data for 2025 may be the last year of positive impact, as the prior administration’s policy choices taper off. Despite this, enormous income inequality persists.
“For Black women, safety has never been guaranteed. It has had to be demanded, defended, and organized for,” noted Lulit Shewan, a policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy.
“Many of the policies enacted in July 2025 through H.R.1 are on a long fuse, with just some of the massive cuts taking effect last year and many more on tap in the coming years,” Wendy Chun-Hoon, executive director of the left-leaning Center for Law…
“The people who are feeling the inflation impact are people who are lowest income,” said Wendy Chun-Hoon, the president of the left-leaning Center for Law and Social Policy.
The Census reports will be much more than a look-back at the state of the country in 2025. Sadly, they will be a preview of the harm ahead for our communities.
Labor programs within carceral facilities are inherently coercive, and reports indicate that immigrant ICE detainees are forced into intensive manual labor for as little as $0.13 an hour.