A new research paper shows that disabled workers represented by a union earn higher wages, and are more likely to have health insurance and retirement benefits than those who are not members of a union.
Explore the proposed amendment to Regulation V to address the growing problem of medical debt. Learn how it can protect patients and restrict the use of medical debt information by creditors.
A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) provides an analysis of Venezuela’s disputed election and outlines a path forward for international actors, particularly the United States, to address the political conflict.
A delegation of US Congress members traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to participate in the inaugural gathering of the Panamerican Congress, a gathering of progressive legislators from North, Central, and South America.
Long COVID patients deserve the urgency and resources of a moonshot initiative. That is why the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) welcomes the introduction of the Long COVID Research Moonshot Act. It is a critical step toward addressing an urgent public health crisis.
A new CEPR report explores the legal history of the IMF’s surcharge policy, a harmful and ineffective measure whose existence is unjustified from both an economic and legal perspective, and argues for the surcharges’ removal.
Today marks the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which prohibits discrimination against disabled people in employment and public services. In a new analysis, CEPR Research Associate Hayley Brown explains that the pandemic leaves in its wake between 10 and 30 percent of those infected with Long COVID, many of them meeting the definition of disability covered by the ADA.
In light of increased heat-related deaths and illnesses, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a new rule earlier this month to protect workers from excessive heat in the workplace. If finalized, this rule would set the first-ever federal safety standard addressing this issue in the United States.
Do not be intimidated by the title of this report, Structural Determinants of Health: Hospitals’ Unequal Capital Investments Drive Health Inequities. The report reveals how the quality of health care is a reflection of the brick-and-mortar edifices that dispense said care.
Out of 39 National Parks in the Eastern US, only one has a healthy forest that is not facing failure or insecurity. To save the future of Eastern forests, immediate and fully funded state-level climate corps are needed.
