Unemployment is down and job growth is getting stronger as the economy recovers from the Great Recession.  However, entering the workforce remains challenging for U.S. teenagers and young adults, who have experienced steep drops in employment. Youth and young people of color have been disproportionately…

Leading up to Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Obama outlined his plan to reform our complex tax codes, including proposals to improve higher education tax credits to make them simpler and more accessible to low-income students.

President Obama's landmark announcement was a plan to provide high-quality child care to all low-income children under age 4.

In the 2015 State of the Union address, President Obama made clear of his efforts to alleviate low-income working families by improving the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.

Last night, child care got long-overdue national recognition of its centrality to working families, to communities, and to the country.

Economic justice was a critical part of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s lifelong pursuit of racial equity. King decried the poverty wages of  African American workers and promoted fair compensation and working conditions as crucial to a just society.

America’s College Promise, would create a new federal-state partnership to eliminate tuition for “responsible” students--those who attend at least half-time, maintain a 2.5 GPA, and make steady progress toward completing their program.

Some employers are stepping up to highlight not only the untapped business benefits that many businesses are missing out on by overlooking paid leave, but also the need for public policies to address unmet need.

PIAAC creates a website with a variety of U.S. and international materials, including a newly released PIAAC Outreach Toolkit that can be used to build awareness about the study’s results and why they matter for low-skilled adults.

This blog discusses joint guidance from the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice on on meeting the educational needs of youth in juvenile justice systems.