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Hayley Brown is a Labor and Disability Researcher with CEPR. Her research spans a wide range of subject matter, including labor and worker power, disability, inequality, and public health. Hayley recently served as president of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union, which represents the staff at CEPR and many other nonprofits throughout the United States. She previously worked in the Research, Markets, and Regulations division of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and for the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. She studied geographical sciences and philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park .


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SNAP Cuts Disproportionately Hurt People With Disabilities

SNAP Cuts Disproportionately Hurt People With Disabilities

As the White House continues to threaten to cut off millions of Americans from their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, it is important to understand that this will disproportionately impact disabled people. Adults with disabilities make up about 25 percent of SNAP recipients, nearly twice their share in the overall population.

By Hayley Brown

A woman in a mobility scooter examines a jar in front of a deli counter filled with pastries.
They Shoot Messengers, Don’t They? What Trump and Erdoğan Share

They Shoot Messengers, Don’t They? What Trump and Erdoğan Share

By treating facts as threats, both Erdoğan and Trump have attacked the conditions that make democracy possible. Those who care about democracy must respond to Trump’s latest escalation by standing in solidarity with those he wishes to silence.

By Hayley Brown

Fired (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on the left with Donald Trump pointing a finger on the right.
Foreign-Born Workers: A Central Force for Unions

Foreign-Born Workers: A Central Force for Unions

A new analysis shows that union membership of foreign-born workers remains lower than that of US-born workers, but that their share of the overall union workforce has grown over the past several decades.

By Hayley Brown

Union workers in blue uniforms assemble electronic components on a conveyor belt in a factory. The setting is busy and industrial, with focused activity in manufacturing.