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District of Columbia Network publications

• Federal Layoffs Increase DC Unemployment and Threaten to Exacerbate Racial Inequity

  • June 2, 2025
  • DC Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Shira Markoff and Connor Zielinski
  Employment Federal funds for state and local governments Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

• Immigrants are a Vital Part of DC’s Future

  • April 2, 2025
  • DC Fiscal Policy Institute
  Immigration

• If You Build It: Recommendations for Increasing the Supply of Affordable Child Care to Meet District Demand

  • February 19, 2025
  • DC Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Anne Gunderson and Diana Chavez Cruz
  Children and Families

• Fully Fund the Second Chance Amendment Act

  • April 22, 2024
  • DC Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Michael Johnson Jr.
  Criminal Legal System Jobs

• DC’s Labor Market is Failing Young Black Workers

  • March 18, 2024
  • DC Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Caitlin C. Schnur
  Income Inequality Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

• Executive Summary: Achieving Vision of Fairly Compensated Early Education Workforce Makes Anticipation of Cost Growth Imperative

  • February 6, 2024
  • DC Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Anne Gunderson
  Education Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality

• Excluded Workers Demand Inclusion: $200 Million Investment is Essential Though Less than Half of What’s Needed

  • June 30, 2021
  • DC Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Doni Crawford

  In this pivotal moment, DC policymakers must spend federal rescue funds in a timely way, with a laser focus on addressing the racial inequities that have excluded Black and brown […]

  COVID19 Immigration Income Inequality Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

• Excluded Workers Demand Inclusion: $200 Million Investment is Essential Though Less than Half of What’s Needed

  • June 24, 2021
  • DC Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Doni Crawford

  In this pivotal moment, DC policymakers must spend federal rescue funds in a timely way, with a laser focus on addressing the racial inequities that have excluded Black and brown […]

  COVID19 Immigration Wages

• 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 […]

  Criminal Legal System Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

• Black Workers Matter: How the District’s History of Exploitation & Discrimination Continues to Harm Black Workers

  • January 28, 2020
  • DC Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Doni Crawford and Kamolika Das

  The District’s economy is strong on a number of important indicators such as employment, job growth, and increased wages, but the overall trends mask staggering racial inequalities. The District’s deep […]

  Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice