In 2024, a record 21.4 million people received their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. Enrollment gains among Black, Latino, and people with low incomes drove the increased enrollment. Sustaining the policy choices that led to record enrollment and adding in long…
Despite working full-time, "working poor," folks continue to have low wages due to the outdated federal minimum wage laws. Racial disparities persist, with Black and Hispanic workers disproportionately affected. We must raise the minimum wage to lower poverty.
2023 data from the Census Bureau may show an increase in uninsurance as millions of people were disenrolled from Medicaid starting in April 2023 when one of these provisions expired – with more threats ahead.
HUD is planning a pilot program to provide direct rental assistance to some who are eligible for housing choice vouchers. Giving cash instead of vouchers to eligible renters is a monumental change that signals trust in participants.
This new cost-sharing model's positive and negative impacts are still being realized. What's clear is that this country needs a well-resourced, publicly funded child care system that is universally accessible and affordable.
Portrait of a multi-ethnic blended family of five standing together outdoors in their front yard, posing for the camera. The African-American father is in his 40s. Their son and daughter from his prior marriage are standing on the ends. They are 13 year old twins, mixed race African-American and Caucasian. The mother is in her 30s and their youngest son from her prior marriage is 11 years old.
This new pilot represents one important step in turning TANF into a program that adequately reaches families and effectively supports them in times of financial emergencies.
While we don't expect major changes in child poverty when the 2023 data are released, a potential 2025 tax package provides an opportunity for improvement.
The Biden-Harris Administration’s proposed rule to address excessive heat in the workplace is essential, marking the first nationwide standard for addressing the hazards of excessive heat in the workplace.
SAN FRANCISCO - SEPTEMBER 20: San Francisco Chronicle journeyman pressman Ray Lussier pulls two freshly printed copies of the Chronicle at one of the Chronicle's printing facilities September 20, 2007 in San Francisco, California. Newspaper sales in the U.S. continue to slide as people turn to the internet and television for their news. The Chronicle saw its circulation plunge more than 15 percent in 2006 to 398,000 during the week which has hurt newspaper vendor Rick Gaub's business. Unable to sell as many papers as he used to, Gaub is looking for a new way to earn money after selling papers for 42 years. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Political misinformation threatens to drown out truth and erode public trust. This is particularly dangerous for immigrant communities in the United States, who are already vulnerable to being politicized through the spread of misinformation.
A pro-abortion rights activist holds a box of mifepristone during a rally in front of the US Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, in Washington, DC. The Court reenters the contentious legal battle over abortion on March 26 as it weighs restrictions on the drug that is most widely used in the US to terminate pregnancies. The conservative-dominated court, which overturned the constitutional right to abortion nearly two years ago, is to hear oral arguments on access to the abortion pill mifepristone. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to keep mifepristone available and accessible means that a crucial way for people, particularly young people, to access reproductive care remains legal and protected.
A pro-abortion rights activist holds a box of mifepristone during a rally in front of the US Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, in Washington, DC. The Court reenters the contentious legal battle over abortion on March 26 as it weighs restrictions on the drug that is most widely used in the US to terminate pregnancies. The conservative-dominated court, which overturned the constitutional right to abortion nearly two years ago, is to hear oral arguments on access to the abortion pill mifepristone. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)
La reciente decisión de la Corte Suprema de mantener la mifepristona disponible y accesible significa una forma crucial para que las personas, en particular les jóvenes, accedan al cuidado de salud reproductiva y que siga siendo legal y protegida.
