From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Child, Young Adult Poverty Rates Stagnate New Census data paint a bleak picture for low-income families struggling to make ends meet. After several years of sharply declining poverty rates, progress came to a screeching halt in 2017. … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/09/12/progress-fighting-poverty-slows-first-time-years-number-uninsured-americans-not-significantly-decline/#.W5lp3M5KgdU By CHN September 12, 2018 Editor’s note: CHN on Wednesday, Sept. 12 issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest census and poverty data. For more information, please visit our 2017 Census and Poverty … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): CBS News, August 10, 2018 Between July 2017 and July 2018, consumer prices increased 2.9 percent, and despite economic growth, the rate of inflation suggests Americans are earning less than a year … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): The Fiscal Times, September 4, 2018 The Brookings Institute reports that middle-class income groups accounted for 23 percent of means-tested social welfare spending in 1979, but that number increased to about 46 … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Marketwatch, September 3, 2018 An Urban Institute report on a survey of 7,600 adults last December found that 39.4 percent of adults said their families had trouble meeting at least one basic … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In a new report, EPI’s Lawrence Mishel and Sylvia Allegretto, of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at U.C. Berkeley, find that teachers’ wages and compensation continue to fall relative to comparable workers. When adjusted … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): After adjusting for inflation, the bottom 60% of Pennsylvania workers are still earning less today than a decade ago. Read the full report here. HARRISBURG, PA – Ahead of Labor Day weekend, the Keystone Research … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Whether it’s the recently decided Supreme Court case, Janus v. AFSCME, or so-called “right-to-work” laws in dozens of states, workers’ freedom to join together to negotiate a fair wage and better working conditions is … Continued
Posted at https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/how-medicaid-work-requirements-will-harm-rural-residents-and-communities Medicaid plays an essential role in delivering health care in rural America and is an economic lifeline to many communities. Nearly 1 in 4 non-elderly adults in rural areas have health coverage through Medicaid. The Affordable Care … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In a new policy agenda, EPI’s Heidi Shierholz, Celine McNicholas, and Samantha Sanders detail how labor protections in the United States have been rigged against working people. The First Day Fairness agenda provides a … Continued