Unless The Biden Administration Acts, Thousands Could Go Back to Federal Prison A Department of Justice memo from January could have a devastating effect on many federal prisoners who have been released on home confinement. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Eviction Bans Saved Lives During The Pandemic, New Research Says Policies that helped keep people in their homes—and keep the utilities on—reduced COVID-19 deaths and infections. Joshua Vaughn
Prisoners Face ‘Undue Punishment’ As The IRS Claws Back Their Stimulus Checks Legal experts say the IRS is illegally denying CARES Act payments to incarcerated people. Jordan Michael Smith
Formerly Incarcerated Businessowners Sue SBA For Denying Them COVID-19 Emergency Loans The lawsuit says the Small Business Administration overstepped its authority by imposing ‘arbitrary and capricious’ restrictions on a loan program passed by Congress. Bryce Covert
Many Undocumented Immigrants are Frontline Workers, But Their Families Can’t Get Government Aid Advocates say states aren’t doing enough to close the gaps in the federal stimulus bill. Rebecca Chowdhury
Universal Basic Income Is A Path To A More Just Economy. One California City Is Already Seeing Positive Results. The pandemic is making it clear that it’s time to radically rethink the social contract. Amy Castro Baker, Stacia Martin-West
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. Sarah Miller
Congress Does Not ‘Care’ About My American Family Intentionally disqualifying millions of American citizens from much-needed stimulus funds during this unprecedented health crisis is both unnecessary and cruel. Jane Lilly López
Congress Failed to Make Cash Assistance Universal. Now Local Governments Must Step Up There’s still a chance to make sure some of the most vulnerable people can benefit from the federal stimulus bill. Yonah Freemark
