The Trump Regime Must Stop Protecting Predatory Lenders
The Fairness Project Calls on Trump’s Appointee Leading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Protect Consumers, Not Wall Street Washington D.C, — A startling memo ...
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Our Democracy Comes Under Threat in the Buckeye State as Ohio Fails Voters
Ohio’s Franklin County Court of Common Pleas denied the request from Ohioans for Raising the Wage to adjust ballot initiative signature collection requirements, despite the ...
Read postPOLL: Workers — Not Business — Should Be Priority for COVID-19 Relief
While COVID-19 has damaged every aspect of the economy, it has without a doubt hurt low-wage earners and working families the most. With little to ...
Read postWhat’s Ailing America
Long before the coronavirus descended on all of us, low-wage workers were struggling to survive. No paid sick leave. No family leave. Real incomes on ...
Read postThe Fairness Project: A New Kid On The Block’s Role In Voter-Driven Medicaid Expansions
One surprising outcome from the November 2018 mid-term elections was voter approval of ballot initiatives expanding Medicaid coverage in Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah. These victories ...
Read postDemocracy and health care is under attack in Utah
By: Jonathan Schleifer, executive director of The Fairness Project Over the past two years, Americans have sent elected officials one message that could not be ...
Read postThis is how many million U.S. workers will get a pay raise in the New Year
The New Year is off to a fruitful start for millions of Americans. Some 5.3 million workers will be receiving higher pay starting Jan. 1 ...
Read postHow Medicaid broke through in three deep-red states, and could do the same in more
The victories — which bring to 36 the number of states that have elected to expand Medicaid coverage — were the product of a model ...
Read postA Winning Idea: Medicaid Expansion Prevails In Idaho, Nebraska And Utah
Voters in three traditionally Republican states supported ballot measures to extend Medicaid benefits to more low-income adults. The results highlight the divide between voters, even ...
Read postVoters just gave nearly 1 million workers a raise in 2 red states
Tuesday’s midterm elections were a victory for some of America’s lowest-paid workers. Voters in two red states — Missouri and Arkansas — overwhelmingly approved ballot ...
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