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A flat payroll tax applied to all organizations, regardless of size or mission, hurts charities, which struggle to pay enough to attract workers in today’s tight labor market. The solution is a progressive payroll tax that excludes any nonprofit with fewer than 100 employees.
A group of Bronx artisans, many of whom turned their crafting hobbies into businesses during the pandemic, are setting up at Fordham Plaza on Sundays.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s lifting of the mask mandate has deadly health risks for Latino families, their economic mobility, and the state’s economy. This decision is not an isolated case of the state’s leadership callousness and inequities toward people of color and already vulnerable, low-income workers. Scapegoating immigrants as a diversion from his decision was an added insult. Undocumented immigrants give more to our economy than they take. They risk their lives daily - unacknowledged and unrewarded - in essential areas of our economy or caregiving for our loved ones during COVID-...
There's little doubt that the pandemic has hit women-owned businesses harder. Women are more likely to own an operation in the harder-hit service sector and bear the burden of increased child care. "There are only so many hours in a day. So do the math--that's less time to put toward their business," says Jill Sasso, vice president of human resources and governance programs at the Women's Business Enterprise National Council, a nonprofit for certification, resources, and advocacy for women-owned businesses. Sasso was one of a group of seasoned entrepreneurs and experts who came together Thu...