Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson directs the Global Economy Project of the Institute for Policy Studies, and is a co-editor of Inequality.org.
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Views Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Danny Glover Explains Why He's in Alabama With Amazon Workers Actor and activist Danny Glover traveled this week to the most-watched Amazon facility in the country — the Bessemer fulfillment center outside Birmingham, Alabama. The warehouse’s more than 5,800 predominantly Black workers are in the middle of a historic vote on unionization. If a majority vote... Read more |
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Views Friday, February 12, 2021 We Must Expose the Insurrection Financiers Throughout his scorching indictment of President Trump, lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin wove in quotes from eminent historic minds, including this one from his late father, Institute for Policy Studies Co-founder Marcus Raskin: “Democracy needs a ground to stand on and that ground is the... Read more |
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Views Monday, February 01, 2021 The Big Chicken Bosses Are No Longer Calling All the Shots in DC Over Super Bowl weekend, Americans are expected to devour 1.42 billion chicken wings—enough to "circle the circumference of the Earth three times," the National Chicken Council crowed . But even a trillion wings might not be enough to put poultry industry CEOs in a party mood after a couple of... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, January 20, 2021 American Workers Need Paid Sick Leave Right This Minute Late last year, Congress allowed federal mandatory emergency paid leave benefits to expire. That left millions of American workers more vulnerable to catching — and spreading — COVID-19. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act , passed in March 2020, required certain employers to provide... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, December 23, 2020 The Covid Deal Is a Welcome Stopgap. Congressional Progressives Aim for Much More in 2021. This holiday season, struggling families and businesses came close to getting a lump of coal from Congress. Only at the 11th hour, just three days before Christmas Eve and as critical relief programs were about to expire, did lawmakers manage to pass a $900 billion aid package. The deal is a... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Why Can’t CEOs Pay For Their Own 3 Martini Lunches? While the world is reeling from the pandemic, corporate lobbyists have been focused on making taxpayers subsidize lavish lunches for wealthy executives. And their work has paid off in the new Covid relief deal. Buried in the details of this modest aid plan is a provision to give executives... Read more |
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Views Thursday, December 03, 2020 Biden Could Cancel Student Debt. Will He? Washington is abuzz with ideas for actions the Biden-Harris administration could take that would not require congressional approval. One of the buzziest: canceling student debts owed to the federal government. "As a working adult in this country, I've had to decide between daily food, medicine,... Read more |
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Views Monday, November 16, 2020 The Federal Government Owns 92% of Student Debt. Will Biden Wipe It Out? Washington is abuzz with ideas for actions the Biden-Harris administration could take that would not require Congressional approval. One of the buzziest: cancellation of student debts owed to the federal government. The U.S. Department of Education owns about 92 percent of the $1.6 trillion in U.S... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, November 10, 2020 After Boosting Low-Income Voter Turnout, Poor People’s Campaign Mobilizes for Covid Relief While higher-income voters swung further towards Donald Trump compared to four years ago, increased support from poor and low-income voters helped push Joe Biden over the top. According to early polls , those with household incomes of less than $50,000 in 2019 voted for Biden by an 11.5-point... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Unleashing the Power of Poor Voters Voter mobilization is not easy in Metcalfe Park, a majority-Black neighborhood in Milwaukee scarred by poverty, racism, disenfranchisement, and neglect. “I don’t believe in voting,” one young Black woman told Melody McCurtis, who’s been going door-to-door to get out the vote. “The higher-ups, they’... Read more |