From Voting Rights to Clean Energy, Georgia Voters Favor Democratic Policy Priorities in Senate Runoff
Executive Summary With control of the United States Senate hanging in the balance, new polling from Data for Progress and The Justice Collaborative Institute shows that a bipartisan majority of Georgia voters are more likely to support Senate candidates who embrace Democratic policy priorities on a broad range of issues, including health care, clean energy, […]
Sean McElwee, Dawn Milam Dec 08, 2020
Georgia Voters Overwhelmingly Support Direct Stimulus Payments
Executive Summary A new poll from Data For Progress and The Justice Collaborative Institute shows that 87% of Georgia voters—including 84% of Republicans—support a direct federal stimulus payment to most Americans. For Peach State voters, direct financial payment should not be a matter of debate or compromise, and is instead an essential intervention in this time […]
Sean McElwee, Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza Dec 08, 2020
Harm Reduction Practice and Innovation in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in San Francisco
Executive Summary 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. The interventions include providing emergency shelters for higher-risk adults and […]
Joshua Bamberger, Nicky Mehtani, Jessica Ristau Dec 07, 2020
Why We Need a New Civilian Conservation Corps—And How to Do It
New polling shows that Americans overwhelmingly support the creation of a CCC-like program to tackle today’s economic, social, and environmental crises.
Neil M. Maher Oct 09, 2020
How Cities Can Protect Workers From Wage Theft
Executive Summary 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. These ordinances are also popular among voters. New polling from Data for Progress and The Justice Collaborative Institute shows overwhelming bipartisan support for local […]
Nicole Hallett Oct 06, 2020
Voters Support Extending the 2020 U.S. Census
Executive Summary The U.S. census, mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, is conducted every 10 years to count each resident of the United States. A complete and accurate census is vital. The census determines each state’s representation in the House of Representatives and dictates how billions of federal dollars are spent on […]
The Justice Collaborative Institute, Data for Progress Sep 23, 2020
End Corporate Tax Avoidance and Tax Competition – Collect the Tax Deficit of Multinationals
Tax systems have too often worked toturbocharge the inequalities associated with our modern economy.
Kimberly Clausing, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman Sep 17, 2020
Voters Support Reviving the Federal Civilian Conservation Corps Jobs Program
Executive Summary At the height of the Great Depression, with national employment soaring to over 25%, President Franklin D. Roosevelt championed federal jobs programs that put Americans to work—part of the New Deal that used public works projects to ignite the economy and stem unprecedented job loss. Among those programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) combined […]
The Justice Collaborative Institute, Data for Progress Sep 11, 2020
The Case for a Federal Job Guarantee Program
Executive Summary The coronavirus pandemic has brought the country to the brink of economic collapse. While the CARES Act provided some temporary relief, sustained economic recovery requires a plan to give unemployed workers an opportunity to support themselves and their families with dignity. New Deal-style federal jobs programs can help eliminate working poverty and create […]
William Darity Jr., Dawn Milam Sep 10, 2020
The COVID-19 Budget Crisis Makes Federal Aid to States Critical
With states’ revenue streams drying up, state employees have been laid off and core services cut. This has increased the number of residents needing aid while reducing state aid available to vulnerable people when they need it most. This research and analysis is part of our Discourse series. Discourse is a collaboration between The Appeal, […]
Grace Nielsen, Gladriel Shobe Sep 03, 2020
Voters Demand Protection and Funding for the USPS
Executive Summary By substantial margins, nearly all segments of voters prefer the USPS be funded as an essential service like the military, rather requiring it to cover its own costs like a business. We asked voters whether they think either (a) that the USPS should be funded as an essential service similar to the fire […]
Ethan Winter, Benjamin Rahn Sep 02, 2020
Voters Support Universal Broadband Internet to Close the Digital Divide
Executive Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical role of fast and affordable internet service. With internet access, Americans across the country forced to stay home have been able to keep in touch with family and friends, schedule important virtual doctor’s appointments, work from home, and continue their education. But the pandemic has also […]
The Justice Collaborative Institute, Data for Progress Aug 31, 2020
The Need for a Pandemic Merger Moratorium
Executive Summary During a pandemic, any greater consolidation of corporations is a risk to health, jobs, and small businesses. Instead of charging forward with more mergers during the coronavirus-created economic crisis, we should impose a moratorium until the Federal Trade Commission can determine that small businesses, workers, and consumers are no longer under the financial […]
Zephyr Teachout Aug 11, 2020
Voter in Key States Support Expanded Unemployment Insurance
Executive Summary At the end of July, the expanded unemployment insurance (UI) benefit — passed as part of the “Coronavirus Aid and Relief Act” (CARES) — expired. In the month of July, expanded UI provided approximately 30 million unemployed Americans an extra $600 per week. The goal of this policy was to ensure that workers […]
Ethan Winter Aug 10, 2020
Ending Dispossession Through Student Loan Collection – Policies & Polling
Executive Summary The student loan debt crisis is leading to tremendous dispossession of wealth and income from borrowers—and disproportionately from Black and Latinx borrowers, as well as women borrowers of all races, with Black and Latinx women faring the worst. Aggressive student loan collection practices, which may even involve arrest or threat of arrest, are […]
Aug 05, 2020
Voters Look to Guidance From the CDC and Local School Officials Over Trump on When to Re-Open Schools
Executive Summary The questions of whether, when, and how to safely open America’s schools have become the center of political fights over the coronavirus. President Trump has taken a hard line on opening schools — his administration is insisting that schools must fully re-open for in-person learning, and is threatening to cut federal funding for districts that […]
The Justice Collaborative Institute, Data for Progress Aug 05, 2020
Congress Must Provide Real Aid To people in the Next Stimulus Package
Executive Summary Congress has the ability to provide comprehensive aid to households in the next stimulus package. At its core, the new legislation must provide recurring, inclusive, and long-term relief for individuals and families. This relief must not end at an arbitrary date by which Congress wishes the coronavirus will magically disappear. It must give […]
Pamela Foohey, Sara S. Greene Aug 03, 2020
The Case for a Community Health Corps – Responding to COVID-19 With a Jobs Program to Build a New Infrastructure of Care
Executive Summary COVID-19 has caused intertwined health and economic crises: the virus threatens the health of millions of Americans, and the resulting economic harm is devastating, especially for working people and families. The burden of these crises has not fallen equally. Communities of color, especially Black and Latinx people, have borne the brunt of the […]
Amy Kapczynski, Gregg Gonsalves, Lisa Hansmann Jul 30, 2020
The Inclusive Value Ledger – Digital Dollars and Digital Platforms for Digital Public Banking
Executive Summary Since Facebook announced Libra, its proposed “global crypto-currency,” a bit over a year ago, central banks and monetary authorities worldwide have accelerated their efforts to develop central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Sweden and China, for example, were nearly ready to test their own proto-CBDCs even before last summer. Thanks to CBDCs’ promise to […]
Robert Hockett Jul 28, 2020
Voters in Key Swing States Are More Likely To Choose Candidates Who Support the HEROES Act
Executive Summary Data For Progress and The Justice Collaborative Institute conducted a survey of likely voters in swing states for the November 2020 Presidential and U.S. Senate election to gauge support for the HEROES Act, which The House passed on May 15th and is currently pending before the Senate. The HEROES Act was designed to […]
The Justice Collaborative Institute, Data for Progress Jul 15, 2020
The Case for Postal Banking
Executive Summary Income inequality in the United States is worse than ever, a divide deepened by the coronavirus pandemic and the government’s inadequate response. The mainstream banking industry has reinforced economic disparities by excluding the poor from financial services that would help them escape poverty. Private banks, though heavily subsidized by the federal government, are […]
Mehrsa Baradaran Jul 15, 2020
A National Investment Authority: Financing America’s Future
Executive Summary The coronavirus pandemic has exposed deep structural flaws in the design and operation of the U.S. economic and political systems. At the same time, it presents a rare opportunity for innovative rethinking and remaking of both our private markets and our public institutions, so that they better serve the needs of the American […]
Saule T. Omarova Jul 09, 2020
A Bailout That Excludes Immigrants Hurts Everyone
This research and analysis is part of our Discourse series. Discourse is a collaboration between The Appeal, The Justice Collaborative Institute, and Data For Progress. Its mission is to provide expert commentary and rigorous, pragmatic research especially for public officials, reporters, advocates, and scholars. The Appeal and The Justice Collaborative Institute are editorially independent projects […]
Chrystin Ondersma Jun 05, 2020
New York Voters Support Providing Equal Pay Protections for All Workers
Executive Summary New polling reveals bipartisan support for policies that will build a fairer economy for all workers and level the playing field for service workers who depend heavily on tips and the wider workforce. These results show that New Yorkers support changing the status quo and do not want the economy to simply return […]
, Kyle C. Barry May 21, 2020
The Need for a True Wealth Tax To Support Those Most In Need Due to the Coronavirus
Executive Summary It is time for a wealth tax. The medical and economic hardships produced by the coronavirus pandemic are falling most heavily on people who were already most disadvantaged. College-educated Americans are three times more likely to be able to work from home than workers with no education past high school, and those who […]
Daniel Markovits May 20, 2020
The Government Must Increase SNAP Benefits and Eligibility to Avoid a National Food Emergency
Executive Summary The coronavirus pandemic has created a global food security crisis that threatens to eclipse the disease itself. A recent survey by the Brookings Institution revealed unprecedented numbers of children going hungry in the United States. In late April, close to one in five households with young children did not have enough food for […]
Andrea Freeman May 14, 2020
A New Federal Reserve Initiative Could Keep State And Local Governments Funded Through The Pandemic
The Fed’s new Municipal Liquidity Facility can be a necessary financial lifeline to states facing a cash crunch — but only if they use it properly and completely. This research and analysis is part of our Discourse series. Discourse is a collaboration between The Appeal, The Justice Collaborative Institute, and Data For Progress. Its mission […]
Robert Hockett May 13, 2020
The Gig Is Up – Coronavirus Pulls Back The Curtain On The Independent Contractor Epidemic
Executive Summary Despite the failures of those in government to include gig workers in social safety net protections, recent polling conducted by Data for Progress shows that voters support extending to gig workers the same job benefits and protections that employees enjoy by a 44-percentage-point margin (62% support, 18% oppose). Voter support for gig workers […]
Linda Hamilton Krieger May 06, 2020
Voters Support Raising The Minimum Wage For All Workers
Executive Summary The brutal economic fallout of coronavirus has not been felt equally. As is always true in times of economic crisis, it is the lowest-paid, least-protected workers who suffer most. As is especially true now, when the economic downturn is the result of orders to stay at home and close certain businesses, it is […]
Saru Jayaraman, Kyle C. Barry May 01, 2020
The Case For A Temporary Merger Ban For America’s Largest Companies
Americans overwhelmingly support imposing a merger moratorium on large corporations and private equity firms. This research and analysis is part of our Discourse series. Discourse is a collaboration between The Appeal, The Justice Collaborative Institute, and Data For Progress. Its mission is to provide expert commentary and rigorous, pragmatic research especially for public officials, reporters, […]
Apr 28, 2020
Report: Emergency Action Plan
Executive Summary Forced in this moment to reflect on this new reality—and this new recognition of our shared vulnerability—the vast majority of Americans believe that many of our responses to this crisis have, so far, been woefully inadequate and left too many people behind. Indeed, while the virus poses a threat to us all, we […]
Data for Progress, The Justice Collaborative Institute Apr 20, 2020
Majority of Americans support monthly cash assistance to offset pandemic damage to economy
Executive Summary New polling finds strong bipartisan support for recurring government payments to Americans, rather than a one-time payment. This research and analysis is part of our Discourse series. Discourse is a collaboration between The Appeal, The Justice Collaborative Institute, and Data For Progress. Its mission is to provide expert commentary and rigorous, pragmatic research […]
Ioana Marinescu, Hyeri Choi Apr 14, 2020
Voters Want Guaranteed Paychecks Through the Pandemic
Executive Summary Voters want the government to take common sense measures that meet the scale of the crisis and preserve the economy so that when the coronavirus is contained, economic life can resume as rapidly as possible. It’s time for lawmakers in Washington, D.C. to listen. This research and analysis is part of our Discourse […]
Lindsay Owens Apr 14, 2020
The Care Economy – Policies and Polling on Mitigating the Effects of the Coronavirus
Executive Summary We find popular support among likely voters for a package of proposals that will mitigate the effects of coronavirus, including free access to testing and vaccines, access to comprehensive care without premiums, copays, deductibles, or other costs, and paid sick and family leave. Overall, voters overwhelmingly support these policies. Free access to testing, […]
Kyle C. Barry, Sean McElwee, Jason Ganz Mar 16, 2020