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EARN groups produce research, fact sheets, issue briefs, and multimedia resources on a multitude of topics to help inform public policy in a way that will strengthen the economy for working people.

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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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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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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.

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The State of Working Connecticut: Advancing Economic Justice in the Labor Market

September 30, 2020
Connecticut Voices for Children
Patrick R. O'Brien, Ph.D.

Connecticut Voices for Children released their annual State of Working Connecticut report entitled, “Advancing Economic Justice in the Labor Market.” This year’s report examines the economic standing of Connecticut’s workers and calls for a sweeping, antiracist program to advance economic justice; additionally, it offers six recommendations to combat rising wage inequality and to address the substantial racial wage […]