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Black parents — especially women — without family care options are more likely to quit jobs, reject job offers, or change jobs.
Black women also tend to hold caregiving work.
As @itsafronomics says, ensuring Black folks thrive will ensure that we ALL do, too. #BlackWomenBest
NEW for our #HearUs4Justice column with @NextCityOrg:
@Groundwork’s @rakeen_mabud on why cutting UI benefits is like taking a knife to an inflatable life raft and leaving people to drown, especially for people of color.
Hear Us: The Devastating Cost of Cutting Unemployment Benefits
Op-Ed: UI doesn't disincentivize work, and workers shouldn't be penalized for returning to bad jobs.
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"A focus on the Black unemployment rate would help ensure that policymakers don’t slam the brakes on the post-crisis economy before we have fully recovered.”
NEW from @rakeen_mabud for @TPM:
We Can’t Build Back Better Without Black WorkersÂ
We Can’t Build Back Better Without Black WorkersÂ
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Must read primer on how to think about inflation from @joshbivens_DC @EconomicPolicy!
Inflation—sources, consequences, and appropriate policy remedies
Several very good primers were recently written on how to think about inflation in the coming months. But as the...
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OUR PRINCIPLES
We believe that taking action under these guiding principles will benefit all of us.
IF PEOPLE AREN’T DOING WELL, THE ECONOMY ISN’T DOING WELL
THERE IS NO SINGLE SOLUTION
RACE AND GENDER ARE CENTRAL
The Groundwork Collaborative’s mission is to advance an economic vision for strong, broadly shared prosperity and true opportunity for all.
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