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 Monday, April 26, 2021 Progressives Urge Biden to Go Bigger, Bolder, Faster in Spending and Tax Plans The Biden administration has crafted two major legislative packages aimed at making our economy more equitable, sustainable, caring, and better prepared for future crises. Last month, the president unveiled his American Jobs Plan , which requests about $2.3 trillion over eight years to modernize... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, March 31, 2021 If the Minimum Wage Kept Pace With Wall Street Bonuses Since 1985, It Would Be Worth $44 Today While low-wage workers are still waiting for a raise in the minimum wage, Wall Street employees enjoyed a 10 percent bump in their bonuses in the first year of the pandemic, according to new data from the New York State Comptroller . Wall Street pay v. the minimum wage Since 1985, the average Wall... Read more |
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Views Thursday, March 18, 2021 The Single Most Dramatic Driver of Our Country's Economic Divide: The Growing Gap Between CEO and Worker Pay The following is written testimony prepared for a March 17, 2021 Senate Budget Committee hearing on "The Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis in America ." Thank you, Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Graham, and members of the committee, for the invitation to participate in this important hearing. I... Read more |
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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 |