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Report: “Pointing Out: How Walmart Unlawfully Punishes Workers for Medical Absences” Executive Summary: Walmart is proud of its heritage as a family-founded company. Ironically, while the Walton family touts its family values, Walmart’s absence control program punishes workers who need…
OMG — It’s Gone Up to $7.8 Billion! Report by: Americans For Tax Fairness WALMART ON TAX DAY: How Taxpayers Subsidize America’s Biggest Employer and Richest Family: Introduction On tax day, when millions of American taxpayers and small businesses pay…
Do the Math: How Much Trump Could Raise U.S. Carbon Emissions A detailed analysis shows how much more CO2 each of Trump’s climate policy changes would send into the atmosphere By Annie Sneed, Scientific American Pres. Donald Trump has said…
What are Connecticut’s population trends and who is migrating? Primary Author: Manisha Srivastava, CT Office of Policy and Management – Contributor: Michelle Riordan-Nold, CT Data Collaborative – But there are positive trends. The state gains prime working age adults and…
Connecticut’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): In a Low-Wage Economy, the EITC is More Important than Ever Derek Thomas, M.P.A and Ray Noonan – CT Voices for Children Every job should allow parents to provide food, shelter, and financial security…
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Study dispels myth about millionaire migration in the US May 26, 2016 — American Sociological Association — Published in Science Daily Summary: The view that the rich are highly mobile has gained much political traction in recent years and has…
Beyond Basic Income: Claiming Our Right to Govern Technology Annette Bernhardt, Director, Low-Wage Work Program, UC Berkeley Labor Center, Published in MEDIUM, MAY 11, 2017, One common characteristic of universal basic income advocates, and indeed progressives and labor more generally, is a…
Swath of States Experiencing Hottest Year to Date By Andrea Thompson Published: May 8th, 2017, Climate Central For a swath of states from New Mexico over to Florida and up to Ohio, 2017 has been the hottest year on record…
It’s time for corporations to pay their fair share of taxes Economic Snapshot • By Josh Bivens • May 18, 2017 for EPI.org It is often claimed that American corporate tax rates are much-higher than our international peers, and that…