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Economy
Many States Have Created or Expanded Tax Credits to Help Families Get By
Earned income and state child tax credits make the tax code fairer, bolster equity and improve economic security.
Tenants Call on Biden to Act as Rent Increases Reach a 35-Year High
Housing advocates demand that President Biden declare a national emergency.
Let’s Acknowledge Inflation Reduction Act’s Significance — and Its Inadequacy
The modest climate gains expected from this bill are compromised by the gas pipeline side deal written in by Manchin.
Bowman Unveils Bill to Allow Biden to Identify Profiteering and Regulate Prices
The Emergency Price Stabilization Act would help protect the public from corporate profiteering, supporters say.
We Can’t Avoid Climate Breakdown Without Reducing Growth, Leading Economist Says
We must replace the drive for quantitative growth with qualitative, sustainable development, says economist Herman Daly.
4 Companies Filed Nearly 15,000 Eviction Actions in COVID’s First 16 Months
A new report shows how corporate landlords engaged in harassment and abusive deception of their tenants.
Fed Rate Hikes Are “Body Blow” to Workers Reeling From Pandemic
Experts forecast another economic recession in the United States with rising inflation and an unchanged minimum wage.
Biden Administration Sends Signal That It May Be Extending Student Loan Pause
Officials have told student loan servicers to not send out bills ahead of the current end of the pause on August 31.
Federal Minimum Wage Hasn’t Been Raised in 13 Years
Progressives are urging Democrats to raise the pay floor as inflation continues to diminish workers' purchasing power.
Sanders Moves to Limit $76 Billion in “Corporate Welfare” for Microchip Industry
Bernie Sanders introduced an amendment to rein in federal subsidies and tax credits to the private companies.