EARN is a nationwide network of research, policy, and advocacy organizations fighting, state by state, for an economy that works for everyone.
Our Network2021 State Policy Agenda
Building a Just and Inclusive Recovery for All Workers
How states and cities can respond to workers’ demands for economic security, health and safety protections, and workplace democracy. A project from EARN and NELP (National Employment Law Project).
Read the agenda hereRecent publications
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DC Publication
First In Line: Why the District Must Take a Reparative Approach to Recreational Cannabis Policy for Black and Brown Communities
- February 16, 2021
- DC Fiscal Policy Institute
- Doni Crawford
This new Council Period, DC policymakers can continue advancements in racial equity (as envisioned in the Racial Equity Achieves Results Amendment Act of 2020) and help build a just economic recovery with recreational cannabis policy. DC’s Black and brown communities are still enduring the harmful effects of past policies that penalized cannabis, and nationally, about […]
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CO Publication
State of Working Colorado (2020)
- January 4, 2021
- Colorado Center on Law and Policy
- Charlie Brennan and Lauren Contorno
The State of Working Colorado is a compendium of data intended to provide a more critical, in-depth perspective of how working families are faring in our state. This is the 2020 edition of the publication.
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ME Publication
State of Working Maine 2020
- November 12, 2020
- Maine Center for Economic Policy
- James Myall
State of Working Maine 2020: Building a More Equitable Maine Would Help Working Families and Strengthen the Economy.