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Union Voters, Religious Voters, Income Inequality, and Exurbia

Nov 09, 2006

The AFL-CIO released a post-election survey highlighting how union members made the difference in progressive victories around the country. Check out their powerpoint presentation on how union members split 74% to 26% in favor of Democrats and the strategies that turned out these voters for the midterm elections.

Exurb Living and Transit Costs, Economic Poaching, Wage Growth, and Public Health Cracks and Strains

Nov 02, 2006

While many families move to sprawling exurbs because they think the housing is more affordable, a new study by the Center for Housing Policy finds that increased transit costs in the exurbs means that for every dollar a working family saves on housing, the spend 77 cents more on transportation- a report that for the first time measures the combined housing and transit costs in 29 metropolitian areas at the neighborhood level.

State EITCs, Minimum Wage Trends, Health Care Satisfaction, Low-Income Legal Assistance, Uninsured Children

Oct 26, 2006

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that a rising number of low-income working families are being helped by state level Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs).

Campaign spending, cost of tax credits, enfranchising former felons, voting accessibility, decline of employer-based health care

Oct 19, 2006

Out of control campaign spending is enveloping state legislative races, according to a new report by the National Institute on Money in State Politics, which finds that 78 legislative races in 12 states over the 2003-2004 cycle involved more than a million dollars in spending-- a total of $155 million for these races.

Wage Enforcement, Raising the Minimum, the Public Cost of Low Wages, a Slow Recovery, Vulnerable Children, and Chronic Care

Oct 12, 2006

The National Employment Law Project has released an in-depth new report detailing policy options for government to better enforce wage and overtime time laws, from shutting down sweatshops to strengthening state enforcement agencies to encouraging private enforcement by workers and advocates.

Food Safety, Public Health, Real ID Problems, The High Cost of HSAs, the Cost of Takings, and Katrina

Sep 28, 2006

With the recent outbreak of e. coli from infected spinach because of the negligence of the federal Food and Drug Administration, it's worth reviewing the report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest on how a proposed federal law, H.R. 4167, would overturn 200 state food safety laws protecting the public health.

The Job Gap, Election Machines, Released Prisoners, Children of Immigrants, University Research, and Manufacturing Employment

Sep 21, 2006

Highlighting the squeeze on families, the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations released its 2006 "Northwest Job Gap Studies", finding that rising health insurance costs in recent year add to the problem of families making a living wage needed to care for their families.

Mental Illness in Prisons, Immigrants and Language, and Voters and Non-Voters

Sep 14, 2006

Here's one of the appalling statistics about our prison system nationwide -- according to the US Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics, 56 percent of state prisoners, 45 percent of federal prisoners and 64 percent of local jail inmates suffer from some form of mental health problem. Significant numbers include major depression and psychotic disorders, including hallucinations -- and rather than getting treatment, they end up in our prisons.

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