Article
Every Worker Deserves Paid Leave
Paid leave is overwhelmingly popular with the public, and provides workers with an essential benefit. But it is still not available to millions of workers.
Reproductive Rights and Family Policy
Article
Closing the Gaps on Paid Leave
The anniversary of the FMLA is a good time to reflect on how much further the US needs to go — like granting workers paid leave, which is common throughout the world.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
(The Guardian) Debt Ceiling Has Become a Weapon Against Democracy in the United States
The Guardian: The debt ceiling fight was never really about debt reduction. It’s part of a vicious cycle in which political power is abused in order to consolidate a system that is increasingly undemocratic.
Article
What the Fight Over Work Requirements is Really About
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) currently provides food vouchers to about 42 million people. This critical program ensures they have enough food for themselves and their families.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
New York Times Reporters Can’t Get Data on Gas and Food Prices
It is a bit amazing that the piece never mentioned that gas prices have fallen and there is evidence that food items are now dropping in price.
Press Release
Post-Roe Restrictions Negatively Impact People with Disabilities
Article
How Restricting Reproductive Rights Hurts People with Disabilities: A Review of Research Findings
This article documents the prevalence of disability among women of reproductive age by state, disability status, type of disability, and income.
Report
High Joblessness for Black Youth: More Than 500,000 Jobs are Needed
The Dobbs decision will force many Black youth to have children before they are ready.
Article
In Striking Down Roe, the Supreme Court Has Dealt a Blow to Reproductive and Economic Justice
It’s time to build the power necessary to ensure no one is forced by the state to bear a child and the life-transforming consequences that act involves.
Press Release