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In its current form, globalization has exacerbated inequalities. Globalization 2.0 must address the political ramifications and power imbalance of these cleavages, particularly in trade, data and technology, finance, tax, and climate change policies.

A year ago, the Biden administration pledged to focus on the Black unemployment rate, but a year into his term, the Black workforce is still lacking.

States that guarantee better pay for their workers have added more jobs in 2021 than states with lower minimum and subminimum wages.

Proposed investments in the Build Back Better agenda would benefit a significant number of workers, particularly women and women of color; transform the home care and early childhood sectors; and lift living standards and employment prospects for millions of Americans.

STATEMENT: Biden’s Discretionary Funding Request Is a Historic Reinvestment in the American People Date: April 9, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Mara Rudman, executive vice president for Policy at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: President Biden’s funding request to Congress lays out a progressive foundation for sustainable growth that will benefit the American people, especially workers and the middle class, not just the wealthy. The president’s proposal wi...

RELEASE: Expanding the Child Tax Credit Would Lead to a Stronger and More Equitable Recovery Date: February 23, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — A new analysis from the Center for American Progress examines the benefits of expanding the child tax credit along the lines of what is proposed in the American Rescue Plan. The issue brief finds that provisions of the child tax credit expansion in the American Rescue Plan would have a dramatic impact on child poverty and be more effect...

The Basic Facts About Children in Poverty Getty/Gregory Rec A boy holds his little brothers hand after picking him up at the bus stop in Biddeford, Maine, April 2020. Julia Cusick For more on this topic, see The Basic Facts About Women in Poverty Women, especially women of color, in the United States are more likely to live in poverty than men, and they need robust, targeted solutions to ensure their long-term economic security. Read Introduction and summary In Am...