In 2015, the United Nations Member States, including the U.S., unanimously approved 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) to be...
read moreParticipation is critical to representation. The House of Representatives just passed H.R. 1, the “For the People Act,” which...
read moreIn a previous blog, we used Pennsylvania data through December 2020 to show that the economy still has a...
read moreThe American Rescue Plan, as put forward by President Biden and about to be approved by the U.S. Congress,...
read moreThe $1.9 trillion rescue bill passed by the Senate this morning provides a wide range of critical improvements to...
read moreOriginally published at Penn-Live on April 09, 2019 Spend a little time talking to Republican (and some Democratic) legislators...
read morePennsylvania needs immediate action from Congress to pass the American Rescue Plan It’s been one year since the first...
read morePresident Biden’s first COVID-19 relief proposal—the American Rescue Plan—includes a significant expansion of the child tax credit (CTC), increasing...
read moreOn Monday, February 8, nearly three dozen organizations from across Pennsylvania sent a letter to the state’s congressional delegation,...
read moreEconomists use multiple measures to assess the health of Pennsylvania’s economy. Special care is needed to identify reliable measures...
read moreIf one thing has become clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that workers who do essential work—like providing...
read more