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Shawn Fremstad

Shawn Fremstad

Shawn Fremstad is a Senior Fellow with the Center for American Progress and a Senior Research Associate with the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

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A Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump sign is displayed in the backyard of a house on August 14, 2016 in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. This Western Pennsylvania city has a median household income of $32,442. Trump has been holding rallies in the state frequently as he targets Pennsylvania's 20 delegates, the 5th largest total nationwide. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

The Rise in Material Hardship Among Working-Class Whites and How It Could Impact the 2020 Election

The rise in material hardship among lower-income whites without college degrees, and the Congressional GOP’s opposition to new legislation addressing it, will likely make it harder for Trump to hold on to these important swing voters in next week’s election.

Mariko Lewis ·

To increase the power, economic security, and well-being of today’s working-class, we must increase the power, economic security, and well-being of Black people. (Photo Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images)

Racial Inequality Among Workers in Frontline Industries: Black Workers Are Overrepresented and Undercompensated

The history of the United States is the history of exploited black labor, beginning with slavery and continuing today in the form of endemic structural racism.

Hayley Brown ·

Liberals are much more concerned about the quality of family relationships. (Photo: Loren Elliott/AFP via Getty Images)

Modern Family Progressive Values Put Conservatives to Shame

Progressives rightly embrace family diversity and egalitarian, solidaristic relationships.

Shawn Fremstad ·

Adjusting for inflation inequality in this fashion, they estimate that 3.8 million more people would be counted as poor in 2018, and that the poverty rate would be 1.0 percentage point higher (12.8 percent rather than 11.8 percent) that same year.(Photo: Becker1999/flickr/cc)

Inflation Inequality and the Poverty Measure

Today the United States is the only country in the world that measures present-day poverty by using a poverty line set over half a century ago.

Shawn Fremstad ·

Some conservative intellectuals have provocatively characterized the United States as a "nation of takers" and most working-class America’s as "takers."(Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump’s Contempt for Working-Class Expressed in New Expanded Public Charge Rule

It is unimaginable that Congress would classify so many working-class and middle-class Americans as undesirable public charges.

Shawn Fremstad ·

"The relationship between health and employment is much more complicated than the administration suggests." (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

No, Forced Labor Is Not Good for Your Health

If the administration is serious about improving the health of working-class people, then it should stop rolling back important labor standards and worker protections.

Shawn Fremstad ·

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