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Memo: Food Procurement and Infrastructure

In the Spring of 2021, President Biden unveiled the American Jobs Plan (AJP) and the American Families Plan (AFP) his infrastructure proposals aimed at Building Back Better.

Guest UserJune 24, 2021Climate, Taxes and Spending, Guest Writers, Economy

Memo: Ocean Infrastructure Priorities

The ocean offers important solutions to mitigate the climate crisis, provide good-paying jobs, and protect coastal communities.

Guest UserJune 23, 2021Climate, Infrastructure, Guest Writers, Economy

Memo: The Urgency and Popularity of Transforming America’s Unemployment Insurance System

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) system is a cornerstone of our economic infrastructure, supporting working people between jobs while smoothing economic crises.

Guest UserMay 3, 2021Taxes and Spending, Workers Rights, Guest Writers, Justice

Memo: Guaranteed Income for Kids Transitioning out of Foster Care

More and more in America, young adults rely on their parents and other relatives for housing and financial support well into their 20s.

Guest UserFebruary 5, 2021Guest Writers, Children and Families, Taxes and Spending, Justice, Healthcare

Resolving Our Medical Debt Crisis: The Case for Health Care Consumer Financial Protection

Unfair health care pricing and aggressive medical debt collection practices have created financial devastation for millions of Americans.

Guest UserJanuary 12, 2021Guest Writers, Healthcare

Memo: Harm Reduction Practice and Innovation in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic in San Francisco

Amid a significant spike in deaths among individuals experiencing homelessness in San Francisco, including a rise in overdose deaths, expanded harm reduction practices and substance use treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic have shown promising results in reducing death and harm from opioid use.

Guest UserDecember 7, 2020Guest Writers, Housing, Healthcare, Coronavirus

Memo: Struggling to Breathe - Asthma, Pollution, and the Fight for Environmental Justice

Asthma rates in the United States are intimately connected with environmental policy choices.

Guest UserDecember 3, 2020Guest Writers, Climate, Healthcare, Justice, Infrastructure, Economy

Memo: In What Demographics Have Opinions on Climate Change Moved the Most?

Research shows that a strong majority of Americans see climate change as an important issue, suggesting the climate debate will play a critical role in November- but in what demographics do these views lie, and where have they been changing?

Guest UserDecember 2, 2020Guest Writers, Climate

Memo: The Case for Social Housing

The United States is in the midst of a housing crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic catastrophe are making it worse.

Guest UserNovember 2, 2020Guest Writers, Housing, Climate, Justice

Memo: We Why Need a New Civilian Conservation Corps—And How to Do It

The United States currently faces three deepening and converging crises.

Guest UserOctober 9, 2020Guest Writers, Climate, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: How Cities Can Protect Workers from Wage Theft

Addressing wage theft is an essential part of providing economic security for working people, and if done correctly with robust enforcement, local wage theft ordinances can provide significant protections.

Guest UserOctober 6, 2020Workers Rights, Guest Writers

Memo: How to Demilitarize the Police

As peaceful protesters throughout the United States challenge the police killings of Black women and men, they are confronted today with fully militarized police forces.

Guest UserSeptember 30, 2020Guest Writers, Justice

Memo: Sexual Assault Victims Want Services Tailored to Their Needs

For decades, prosecutors and advocates strove to make the criminal legal system more victim-centered.

Guest UserSeptember 25, 2020Guest Writers, Justice

Memo: How Cities Can Protect Public Health When States Stand in the Way

Cities play a vital role in protecting the health and safety of their residents.

Guest UserSeptember 23, 2020Healthcare, Guest Writers, Democracy

Memo: End Corporate Tax Avoidance and Tax Competition - Collect the Tax Deficit of Multinationals

In recent decades, governments have steadily lowered corporate tax rates in an attempt to gain jobs, investment, and tax base at the expense of other countries

Guest UserSeptember 17, 2020Taxes and Spending, Guest Writers, Economy

Memo: The Case for a Federal Job Guarantee Program

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the country to the brink of economic collapse.

Guest UserSeptember 10, 2020Guest Writers, Coronavirus, Workers Rights, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: Racism is a Public Health Crisis. Here’s How to Respond.

Racial disparities in health and wellbeing are well documented.

Guest UserSeptember 3, 2020Justice, Guest Writers, Healthcare

Memo: From Crisis Response to Harm Prevention - The Role of Integrated Service Facilities

Amid the push to reduce the footprint of policing in the United States, there is increasing attention on shifting crisis response away from law enforcement.

Guest UserSeptember 1, 2020Justice, Guest Writers, Healthcare, Housing

Memo: Water Regulation and Injustice in the United States

The already unequal distribution of environmental costs and benefits has been gradually exacerbated in the United States, as elsewhere, by climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guest UserAugust 27, 2020Guest Writers, Climate, Justice, Infrastructure, Economy

Memo: Prosecutors Should Not Take Money from Police Unions

Over the past several months, protests against police violence and the criminalization of communities of color have increased focus and attention on calls to defund the police and limit their political influence.

Guest UserAugust 24, 2020Justice, Guest Writers