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November 23, 2021
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Esther Wang
Anti-Abortion Christians Want a Social Safety Net—but Just for Pregnant Women
Let’s not be deluded into thinking these abortion foes are allies. Everyone deserves robust support so they can choose if they want to parent at all.
October 15, 2020
The Soapbox
J.C. Pan
The Devastatingly Low Bar of “Official” Poverty
Poverty numbers leave out far too many who are struggling economically. Shouldn’t we reach for more than whatever rests just above abject misery?
September 25, 2020
The Soapbox
J.C. Pan
Giving People Money in a Pandemic Worked. Now Give Them More.
A new Fed report reveals a jump in the number of people able to afford an emergency expense.
August 26, 2020
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
The Chaos of Reopening Schools
New York City schools are supposed to be back in session in September. Are they ready?
August 7, 2020
The Soapbox
J.C. Pan
The Wildly Unequal “Shecession”
The pandemic and recession have disproportionately hit women, but the recovery will be easier for some than others.
August 5, 2020
The Soapbox
Annie Tan
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J.C. Pan
I’m a Teacher in New York. I’m Doing My Job by Fighting an Unsafe Reopening.
Teachers routinely go above and beyond the call of duty, but hastily reopening schools during a pandemic puts students, families, and all of us at risk.
July 29, 2020
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J.C. Pan
The Problem of the Not-Quite-One Percent
The divide between who can afford to weather the downturn and who can’t is sharpening. And it’s shaping the recovery response.
May 12, 2020
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J.C. Pan
Work Requirements Have Always Been About Punishment
The pandemic has offered a brief respite from policies that force people to work to “deserve” basic support like food stamps. We can’t go back.
April 17, 2020
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J.C. Pan
Essential Jobs, Disposable Workers
A decades-long surge in low-wage jobs has left millions of Americans struggling to make a living even as they hold the country together.
March 11, 2020
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Bryce Covert
Can $500 a Month Change Your Life?
A California-based experiment in universal basic income considers the mundane, and potentially transformative, power of a little extra cash.
February 24, 2020
The Soapbox
Felipe De La Hoz
Trump’s Xenophobia Could Create a Public Health Crisis
A rule targeting immigrants who use Medicaid and other benefits goes into effect on Monday. The consequences will be widely felt and hard to reverse.
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