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How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World
Cecilia L. Ridgeway, June 2013
Jobs and Workers, Women, Media and Public Opinion
How American Mothers Can Launch a Social Movement for Workplace Flexibility
Jocelyn Elise Crowley, June 2013
Jobs and Workers, Women, Children & Families, Family Policies, Employer Benefits, Social Movements
How Advocates Fighting Human Trafficking Can Overcome Divisions and Build Momentum
Laura Murphy, June 2013
Jobs and Workers, Women, Religion, Criminal Justice, Social Movements, Policies in Other Nations
Comprehensive Immigration Reform, 2013 Edition
Robert W. Glover, May 2013
Jobs and Workers, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Security & Intelligence
Immigration Reform and the Contentious Issue of Extra Visas for Science and Technology Workers
John D. Skrentny, May 2013
Science & Technology, Jobs and Workers, Economic Growth & Innovation, Immigrants & Immigration Reform
How Lives Can be Saved by Stressing Employer Verification instead of Border Barriers for Immigration Enforcement
David Scott FitzGerald, May 2013
Jobs and Workers, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Security & Intelligence
Providing Labor Protections for Home Care Workers
Sandra Butler, March 2013
Jobs and Workers, Women, Courts & Court Decisions
Does Providing Publicly Funded Jobs to Hard-to-Employ People Reduce Crime and Drug Use?
Sarah Shannon, January 2013
Public Budgets and Taxes, Jobs and Workers, Criminal Justice
Can Workers and Environmentalists Learn to Cooperate?
Erik Loomis, December 2012
Unions & the Labor Movement, Jobs and Workers, Environment
Why America's Public Sector Unions Face Political Attacks
John Stephen Ahlquist, September 2012
Unions & the Labor Movement, Jobs and Workers, Social Movements
Building an Economy for All
Jacob S. Hacker and Nathaniel Loewentheil, August 2012
Jobs and Workers, Economic Growth & Innovation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
How to Reduce Persistent Poverty for Single Mothers
Randy Albelda, August 2012
Jobs and Workers, Women, Antipoverty Policy
The Prospects for Reducing Poverty are Dismal - Unless America's Leaders Change Course
Sheldon Danziger, August 2012
Jobs and Workers, Economic Growth & Innovation, Unemployment Insurance, Antipoverty Policy
Demanding Fairness on the Job: New Uses for an Old Law
Jessica Garrick, June 2012
Unions & the Labor Movement, Jobs and Workers
Fighting Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Amy Blackstone, May 2012
Jobs and Workers, Women
How Job Losses Affect Youngsters and Their Schools
Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat, May 2012
Jobs and Workers
Birth Control is an Economic Issue for Women and Their Families
Carole Joffe, April 2012
Jobs and Workers, Women, Health Care Reform, Election 2012
Why Many Americans Resent Public Employees
Katherine Cramer Walsh, April 2012
Jobs and Workers, Media and Public Opinion
Paid Family Leave in California and New Jersey: The Benefits for Working Families and Employers
Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman, March 2012
Jobs and Workers, Women, Inequality & the Middle Class
U.S. Living Standards and Global Competition: Lessons from Abroad
Peter Evans, March 2012
Jobs and Workers, Economic Growth & Innovation
Low-Wage Workers and Paid Family Leave: The California Experience
Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman, March 2012
Jobs and Workers, Women, Inequality & the Middle Class
Union Decline and Rising U.S. Wage Inequality
Jake Rosenfeld and Bruce Western, March 2012
Unions & the Labor Movement, Jobs and Workers, Inequality & the Middle Class
Making American Jobs Better for Everyone
Paul Osterman, January 2012
Jobs and Workers
How America Can Better Enforce Laws to Protect Workers
Andrew Schrank, January 2012
Jobs and Workers
Fighting Rigged Markets Promotes Equal Opportunity
Dean Baker, December 2011
Jobs and Workers, Economic Growth & Innovation, Inequality & the Middle Class