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Rebecca Vallas

Rebecca Vallas is the Associate Director of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress.

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Trump's Executive Order on 'Welfare' Is Designed to Pit Workers Against One Another

Rebecca Vallas · Apr 15, 2018

Seema Verma (R) speaks during a swearing-in ceremony, officiated by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (L), in the Vice President's ceremonial office at Eisenhower Executive Building March 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. Verma has been sworn in to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the Trump Administration. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Tennessee Wants to Use Funding Meant for Poor Families to Kick People Off Medicaid

One would be hard-pressed to cook up a more twisted irony.

Rebecca Vallas · Mar 28, 2018

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The Leaked Rule That Could Ban Immigrants Based on Income, Explained by Experts

If this policy goes into effect, "no longer would we be the country that serves as a beacon for the world's dreamers and strivers. Instead America's doors would be open only the highest bidder."

Rebecca Vallas · Mar 3, 2018

"So there’s a connection being made between his negative behaviors and his unpopular policies that people are explaining by this labeling. You’re saying that by extension people who themselves have mental health disabilities, mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and so forth are being implicated in these negative behaviors." (Photo: Lesley Becker/Globe Staff)

Why We Need to Stop Calling Trump ‘Crazy’ When We Really Mean ‘Dangerous’

Why can’t we just say that President Trump is being a jackass?

Rebecca Vallas · Jan 15, 2018

Instead of Shaming the Poor, Let’s Raise the Minimum Wage

Rebecca Vallas · Sep 29, 2015

Orange is the New Black is Dead Wrong About Disability

Rebecca Vallas · Jun 22, 2015

Why Congress Should Pass the REDEEM Act

Rebecca Vallas · Mar 12, 2015

Social Security Disability Insurance: A Primer for Rand Paul (and Everyone Else)

Rebecca Vallas · Jan 15, 2015

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