This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite its unusual unveiling at the White House, presidential endorsement, and significant media coverage, a new Senate Republican bill proposing dramatic cuts to legal permanent immigration is unlikely to gain…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Thousands of people have been forced from their homes by an unprecedented deluge of rain that came with Hurricane Harvey. …Survivors in Harvey’s path across Texas and other Gulf states…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The migrant workers that farms across Canada and the U.S. rely on are being forced into increasingly precarious circumstances, according to new investigative reports in the New York Times and ProPublica. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the minimum wage goes up in Seattle–with workers now required to make as much as $15 an hour, and all workers set to make that much by 2021–the city…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A study on Seattle’s minimum wage used high-quality data that also limit what kinds of analysis are possible. The UW study’s strength: Good data on low-wage workers The major contribution…
Another economic reality is possible — one that values community, sustainability and resiliency instead of profit by any means necessary. Niki Okuk shares her case for cooperative economics and a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lilly Ledbetter never benefited in her work life from the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Her lawsuit against Goodyear Tire for years of pay discrimination resulted in a loss in the Supreme Court that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The devastation in Houston was terribly sad. So, in its own way, was the philanthropic response, particularly from business. Big brands including Amazon, Apple, Google, Starbucks, Walmart and many more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mercantile Bank General Manager Joshua Burshtein visited Achim’s Bizmax Jerusalem Hub, where he was duly impressed by Achim Global’s activities to promote the haredi economy. The visit comes following the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the turn of the 21st century, employment rates among teenagers and young adults in the United States began falling dramatically, a trend that accelerated during the Great Recession and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Bill de Blasio became mayor of New York City in 2014, he made no secret of his intent to place affordable housing at the center of his term. Not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Village Capital set out to find what works for local entrepreneurs in a one-year pilot experiment called VilCap Communities. The initiative tested versions of the VilCap model through local accelerators, incubators, seed…