The Top 10 Most Startling Facts About People of Color and …
WEBMar 13, 2012 · For a more recent version of this information, see “8 Facts You Should Know About the Criminal Justice System and People of Color” by Jamal Hagler. This month the United States celebrates the ...
The Equal Rights Amendment: What You Need To Know
WEBJan 29, 2020 · The modern-day push for the ERA. Boosted by activism of women’s rights and civil rights advocates, Congress passed the ERA in 1973 and initially gave states until 1979 to ratify it by a three ...
Raising the Minimum Wage Would Boost an Economic …
WEBJan 27, 2021 · President Joe Biden included a long overdue pay raise for millions of America’s minimum wage workers in his $1.9 trillion rescue plan rolled out last week. Its inclusion immediately came under ...
The Top 12 Solutions To Cut Poverty in the United States
WEBJun 30, 2021 · This column outlines 12 policy solutions that Congress can use to cut poverty and boost economic security for all in an equitable way. 1. Expand safety net programs to benefit all in need. Safety ...
The Facts About Americans Who Receive Public Benefits
WEBDec 16, 2011 · Fact: Most public benefits targeting low-income Americans are not paid in cash. Only about 10 percent of all federal dollars devoted to public benefits programs for low-income Americans are paid ...
5 Ways the Trump Administration’s Policy Failures Compounded …
WEBJun 3, 2020 · This column details five ways that the Trump administration has failed to address the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent economic fallout: 1) an inadequate public health response, 2) a failure to ...
The Progressivism of America’s Founding - Center for American …
WEBOct 8, 2010 · America’s Founding was a critical time that promised the goods of democratic government to present and future Americans. The goal of successive generations of Americans was to turn those values ...
4 Ideas That Could Begin to Reform the Criminal Justice System …
WEBDec 18, 2014 · 4 Ideas That Could Begin to Reform the Criminal Justice System and Improve Police-Community Relations. There are concrete lessons to learn and ideas to implement that could turn a moment of anger ...
Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity - Center for American …
WEBHealth coverage. In 2017, 16.1 percent of Hispanics were uninsured compared with 5.9 percent of non-Hispanic whites. 16. 83.9 percent of Hispanics had health care coverage in 2017 compared with 93 ...
A Historical Perspective on Defense Budgets
WEBJul 6, 2011 · We can draw three important lessons from these reductions: First, requesting fiscally responsible defense budgets has historically been a bipartisan effort: To keep a balanced budget, President ...