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Resources from Around the Coalition: Paid Sick Days, Child Tax Credits, the Budget Resolution and More
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September 11, 2015

Economic mobility. Paid sick days. Child tax credits. CHN’s coalition members are producing great work on very important issues. This month, we continue our Resources from around the Coalition blog series, highlighting important resources you should be aware of. ♦ The National Partnership for Women & Families recently released a...

Low-Wage Workers See Largest Drop in Real Wages
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September 4, 2015

Today’s jobs report saw unemployment fall again, down to 5.1 percent. While that’s great, it doesn’t say enough about the losses workers have been taking for far too long. Just in time for Labor Day, a new report from the National Employment Law Project shows that, after taking inflation into...

Fact of the Week: More than 60 Percent of American Adults Will Spend a Year in Relative Poverty
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August 26, 2015

Think poverty only happens to other people? Think again. Nearly 62 percent of American adults will spend a year struggling in relative poverty, according to a recent report from Mark Rank, professor at Washington University, and Thomas Hirschl, professor at Cornell University. The report found that, between the ages of...

Help Millions of Workers Get the Overtime Pay They Deserve
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August 20, 2015

Millions of workers across America are working longer hours without getting paid for them, thanks to an outdated regulation. Last month, we highlighted a Department of Labor proposal to fix the overtime rule and ensure that an exemption meant for highly-paid white-collar employees no longer hurts low- and middle-income earners....

Poverty in America: Get the facts and learn how to use the newest Census Bureau data
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August 19, 2015

There is increasing recognition that poverty is stubborn, entrenched, and damaging. There is also a growing body of evidence  about what works to reduce poverty. Get ready for the September 16 and 17 release of Census Poverty data with CHN’s annual webinar training. Join expert Jared Bernstein, former Chief Economist and Economic...

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