Donna Cooper writes that the pace of mentally ill individuals who commit rampage killings with legally purchased guns is increasing.
Donna Cooper calculates that the legislation would eliminate 19,000 jobs and deprive low-income Americans of nearly 1 billion meals in 2014, increasing poverty across our nation.
Donna Cooper breaks down the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act and explains why the bill’s title is a misnomer.
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Donna Cooper and Kristina Costa examine the benefits of early childhood education programs and discuss ways to enhance and improve the existing federally supported early childhood education system.
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Anthony Green and Donna Cooper examine the financial costs of this tragic spree killing and make recommendations for curbing gun violence.
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A map from Donna Cooper shows the effects of the new House budget proposal's cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Donna Cooper calculates the Ryan budget’s proposed cuts mean more than 8 billion fewer meals for our poorest families as well as 184,000 fewer jobs for American workers.
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Map from Donna Cooper reveals the effects of reducing spending in the program, including jobs lost and fewer meals on the table.
Donna Cooper reviews Charles Murray's new book while explaining that his example of Fishtown isn't the best way to discuss our economic failure.
Donna Cooper, Richard Caperton, Kate Gordon, and Daniel J. Weiss detail a plan to redirect billions of dollars in giveaways to Big Oil toward building infrastructure to put Americans back on the job.
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Donna Cooper takes a look at our nation's infrastructure spending needs, and explains how we can pay for them and put Americans back to work.
Donna Cooper lists the many shortcomings of the House leadership’s infrastructure bill and explains why it fails to meet our transportation needs.
Donna Cooper expects congressional Republicans to block the president’s latest call for infrastructure spending to boost jobs and improve our economic competitiveness.
Donna Cooper details why legislation that would rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and create hundreds of thousands of jobs was blocked because of partisanship over patriotism.
New appropriations bill eliminates funding for programs that struggling families need, write Donna Cooper and Melissa Boteach.