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Black Americans Need Reparations: The Fight for the CTC Highlights the Roadblocks
Public concern about systemic racial and economic inequities and their causes has increased in the past two years—particularly in the wake of COVID-19’s devastating economic impact and the police murder of George Floyd. The racial reckoning of 2020 created some momentum toward greater economic and racial equity in America, but, as always, hoped-for progress has been thwarted.
August 15, 2022
Women Need a Win. Pass the Child Tax Credit Expansion.
Women are under attack in America. Our freedom is being gleefully stripped away by the conservative Supreme Court and various state legislatures across the nation, and we need our leaders to take every step possible to ensure that women and their children retain any agency they have left. Given it is impossible to extract economic justice from reproductive rights, President Joe Biden and Congress must pass the expanded child tax credit (CTC) and give us a much-needed win.
May 5, 2022
How Far Has America Actually Come Since the Promises of the George Floyd Protests?
We’re more than a year out from the murder of […]
July 20, 2021
We Must Change the Way We Measure Economic Health
Our primary focus should be on improving the lives of […]
February 25, 2021
Calling Out Anti-Blackness in Our Response to Police Violence and Economic Inequality
By Kirstyn Flood | Economic Policy Institute The Black community has faced […]
September 2, 2020
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