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Report Unemployment

Our Unemployment System Needs Modernizing. Trump Is Doing the Opposite.

Five years after the pandemic crisis, the mission of modernizing the nation’s unemployment system is incomplete. Trump’s clawback of federal funds will leave it that way.

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Commentary Health Care

Rural Americans Face Unprecedented Price Hikes for Health Care

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Commentary Care Economy

Trump’s Economy Is Bad for Women

Commentary Health Care

The Chance for States To Tackle High Health Prices

Commentary Economics

Child Poverty Is Preventable. Trump Is Making It Worse.

Report National Newcomer Network

Falling Short on Newcomers: A Report Card on How Well States Support Newly Arrived Immigrant Students

Commentary Care Economy

The Tri-Share Model Is Not a Solution to the Child Care Crisis

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Report Unions & Organizing

What Cuts to the Department of Labor Will Mean for You

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Report Unemployment

Our Unemployment System Needs Modernizing. Trump Is Doing the Opposite.

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Commentary Economics

Child Poverty Is Preventable. Trump Is Making It Worse.

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Commentary Care Economy

The Tri-Share Model Is Not a Solution to the Child Care Crisis

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Commentary Health Care

The Chance for States To Tackle High Health Prices

Event Health Care

“Before a Breath” Film Screening

Event Care Economy

“The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid” Book Launch Event

September 17, 2025
From 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

The Miracle Theatre, 535 8th Street, SE, Washington, DC , 20003

“Before a Breath” Film Screening

In observance of National Stillbirth Prevention Day, we invite you to a film screening and panel discussion on ProPublica’s documentary, Before a Breath. This powerful film illuminates the profound impact of stillbirth, highlighting the stories of three women with lived experience of infant loss. A panel discussion will follow the screening, providing audience members an...

September 18, 2025
From 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

MLK Library Auditorium, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC, 20001

“The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid” Book Launch Event

Award-winning researcher, speaker, and writer Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyemen is releasing her new book, The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid, at a critical moment when research and advocacy on the advancement of women of color are needed more than ever. Misogynoir and intersectional biases shape the power structures that run our economy, leaving skilled workers and visionary...