As ICE activities continue to impact communities and more children face the loss of a parent to deportation, policymakers have taken steps to mitigate the harm of immigration enforcement on children.
In this op-ed, Liz Ben-Ishai explains why Andrew Puzder, Trump's Labor Dept. pick, is harmful to workers. This op-ed also ran in multiple media outlets across California.
Workers at CKE Restaurants say they’ve endured these and other violations under CEO Andrew Puzder, the current nominee for secretary of labor. Two recent events on Capitol Hill made strong cases for why Puzder is the wrong choice to lead the department that protects workers’…
On the first day after the 115th Congress was sworn in, Republican leaders fired their opening salvo in a plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The Washington, DC Council has approved a new paid family and medical leave bill with a wage replacement that is the most responsive of any in the country to the needs of low-income workers.
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture recently released a report summarizing findings from a two-year series of hearings on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the number of people with health insurance has reached an all-time high. Twenty million more people are now insured than prior to the ACA. Despite this success, we’ve heard the “repeal and replace” mantra since the ACA was passed…
As the public debates key work supports like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Work Support Strategies’ (WSS) final evaluation report provides crucial evidence about what works and what doesn’t to support low-income people.
