Shawn is director of law and political economy and a senior advisor at CEPR. He has worked in direct service at the local level, policy advocacy at the state level, and policy research and analysis at the federal level. His previous positions include senior policy analyst and deputy director of income security at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
After graduating from the University of Minnesota Law School, Shawn worked as a civil legal services lawyer in Minnesota for seven years. His writing has appeared in The American Prospect, The Nation, National Journal, and other publications, and he has been quoted or cited in a range of publications, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, All Things Considered, Vox, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Guardian. He was a Ford Foundation Public Voices Fellow and is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.
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The Long Reach of Long COVID: At Least 4.4 Million Adults are Currently Disabled by Long COVID
Understanding the effects of Long COVID and the risk for disability is essential to ensure that policy interventions address the needs of people debilitated by or at risk of developing Long COVID.
Understanding and Addressing Long COVID
As Long COVID continues to leave individuals unable to work due to disabling post-COVID conditions, ensuring access to adequate healthcare benefits and social insurance programs will be crucial.
What Do Fertility and Football Have to Do with Clinton-Gingrich Welfare Reform? Read This to Find Out
TANF is a poorly designed, failed program with misguided purposes, including the sexual regulation of working-class people, and it needs to be repealed and replaced.
CEPR Statement: Inflation Reduction Act is Historic Progress
The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will be signed today by President Biden. The act will reduce the costs of health care, prescription drugs, and home energy bills while making real progress on climate change, creating millions of good jobs
Disability and Economic Justice Chartbook
This chartbook provides tables and figures on the current state of disability economic justice, including disability prevalence, disparities in employment and earnings, and disparities in income poverty and material hardship.
LGBT Adults Are More Likely to Experience Mental Health Hardships, But Less Likely to Get Needed Help
Fundamental changes to laws and attitudes will be needed to address the mental health hardships faced by both LGBT and non-LGBT people, and to reduce the disparities that exist between them.
Romney’s Retreat and the Future of Child Allowances in the United States
Romney’s new child benefit proposal is a retreat from his earlier commitment to “not connect work and childbearing in the same policy.”
Lack of Universal Childcare and Other Family Benefits Hurts LGBT Parents and Caregivers
This article uses the Census Bureau’s experimental Household Pulse Survey to look at childcare experiences and the financial security of LGBT adults raising children under age 12, including both single and partnered LGBT caregivers
Children Raised by Same-Sex Parents are Thriving
New generation of research consistently shows that children raised by same-sex parents do at least as well as children raised by different-sex parents.
Staying Together for the Kids Won’t Reduce Mass Shootings
If the US wants to reduce mass shootings, it must focus on regulating firearms and changing its gun culture.
