Clean Slate Toolkit
States across the country are taking action to enact clean slate, a new bipartisan policy solution that uses technology to automatically clear criminal records and give people the second chance they’ve earned.
Expanding Medicaid in All States Would Save 14,000 Lives Per Year
In addition to saving lives, expanding Medicaid would have wide-ranging benefits for residents of the 17 nonexpansion states—benefits that go far beyond boosting health insurance coverage and improving access to care.
The Forgotten Faces of Student Loan Default
Several overlooked groups of students—including veterans and students with disabilities—continue to struggle with loan repayment.
Serving the Hardest Hit
As extreme weather events increase in frequency and intensity, local and federal leaders must ensure that people with disabilities are central to all emergency preparedness, response, and recovery efforts.
What the 2017 Census Data Won’t Show About Families Struggling in the Trump Economy
The most damaging effects of the Trump administration’s policies are yet to come.
Building Community Schools Systems
The community schools strategy can reimagine and retool the nation’s public schools to give students in low-income communities a high-quality education.
How Medicaid Cuts Could Threaten Public School Students and Teachers in Every State
If federal lawmakers’ attacks on Medicaid succeed, states could be forced to fill the resulting budget holes with cuts to public education, leading to lower salaries for teachers or higher tuition for college students.
Protecting Basic Living Standards for LGBTQ People
New data show that nutrition and housing assistance, Medicaid, and unemployment benefits are critical to LGBTQ people’s economic security.
Trump’s Public-Charge Rule Would Threaten Disabled Immigrants’ Health and Safety
This column identifies the consequences of Trump’s redefined public-charge test for disabled immigrants’ health and safety.
Income Inequality and Life Expectancy
Tobacco prevention public policies are proven to help reduce smoking rates, but they may also help increase life expectancy, particularly for lower-income populations.
Working-Class Families Are Getting Hit From All Sides
Millions of American families are living on the edge, increasingly suffering from volatile incomes, unstable jobs and low wealth.
Homes for All
It is time for the federal government to contribute more aggressively to the U.S. supply of affordable housing, as it did in the past.
Trump’s Immigration Plan Imposes Radical New Income and Health Tests
More than 100 million people in the United States—about one-third of the population—would fail Trump’s public charge test if they had to take it.
The Apprenticeship Wage and Participation Gap
Policymakers must address significant race and gender gaps in Registered Apprenticeship programs.
Responses to the Opioid Crisis Must Account for People Who Experience Chronic Pain
As the United States continues to address the opioid epidemic, the needs of people who live with chronic pain cannot fall by the wayside.