Chicago, Illinois, USA - May 01, 2006: A group of protestors gather to protest against immigration reform.A man in a green shirt and a man in a flannel shirt marche and chant down the street in protest. The day was named May Day by protestors.
By Diane Harris In January 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement (DALE) to strengthen labor standards enforcement for immigrant workers. The program gave workers in labor disputes temporary protection from deportation and work authorization, ensuring they could participate…
Recently, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released Demographic and Enrollment Characteristics of Nontraditional Undergraduates: 2011-12, a report with descriptive statistics about nontraditional undergraduate students. Nontraditional students have the following characteristics: are independent, have dependents of their own, did not enter postsecondary education immediately after high school,…
A new report from the Joyce Foundation documents the collaborative power of education and workforce development systems to produce better outcomes for low-wage, low-skilled adults.
When President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law, advocates hailed it as the most important health legislation since the creation of Medicaid and Medicare in 1965, and one of the most important anti-poverty laws in decades
Americans overwhelmingly agree that children’s fate in life should not be determined by the circumstances in which they are born. But children born into poor families are at great risk of persistent poverty during their childhood.
Far too many households in the United States have limited access to adequate food due to lack of money and other resources. This is known as food insecurity. According to tthe 2015 Household Food Security in the United States report, published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 48.1…
New U.S. Census data provides striking evidence of the effectiveness of refundable tax credits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC).
President Obama has announced a significant policy shift that will help low-income students access college financial aid by making the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) simpler to complete.
The U.S. Department of Education released the much-anticipated College Scorecard, a data tool that allows prospective students and others to view and compare information about colleges and universities.