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Justice Circle Achieving employment equity is key to a strong recovery
The economic recovery from the worst of the COVID pandemic is being hindered by a lack of equity in employment. Even as the unemployment …
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Billionaires add trillion dollars to their collective net worth over past year
The past 30 years have seen explosive growth for a small class of the ultra-rich – billionaires. The most dramatic change, however, has …
Child Tax Credit payments, other cash benefits lead to a decrease in child poverty
Researchers from the Center on Poverty & Social Policy at Columbia University have been measuring monthly poverty rates throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. They …
Digital barriers preventing lower-income North Carolinians from working remotely
Making sure every household has access to affordable broadband is an economic must in the modern world. This imperative has become all the …
Unequal barriers continue to prevent North Carolinians who want to work from getting back into the labor force
As the delta variant of COVID-19 spreads, the federal eviction moratorium expires, and supplementary unemployment benefits are set to run out soon, barriers …
Data shows too many in NC still struggle to pay for food, rent, and basic expenses
By Christopher Chaves, Budget & Tax Center Hopefully, North Carolina has weathered the worst of the pandemic, but many still struggle. Recent installments …
Stock wealth boomed during pandemic for wealthiest 1%
For people who get most of their wealth from stock equity, it has been a very good financial year. In turn, massive stock …
COVID-19 recession has created higher unemployment for people of color
Recessions often fall hardest on people of color. Lack of access to careers that are more insulated from economic cycles, barriers to stable …
Decline in spending on communicable disease left NC vulnerable to COVID-19
A recent publication in the health policy journal Health Affairs sheds light on state-level under-investments in public health, which have likely hampered North …
High-wage recovery and low-wage recession: The targeted devastation of COVID-19
Almost a year on from when COVID-19 arrived, hundreds of thousands of our state’s worst-paid workers still can’t find a job even as …