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Collateral Consequences: Making prisoner reentry harder and recidivism more likely
Last week I summarized the section of our recently released paper, A Path to Good-paying Careers for all Michiganders: Sharing prosperity with those not participating in
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Why criminal justice reform is a part of our path to prosperity
If you’ve been following this blog, you know we recently released the second in-depth topic paper outlining the proposed policy changes that we believe can
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Increasing wages and supports for Michigan workers
Our latest report provides a set of ideas for how we improve living standards for Michiganders not participating in the high-wage knowledge economy. Last week
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A safety net that promotes opportunity
Our latest report, Sharing prosperity with those not participating in the high-wage knowledge-based economy, is based on two major understandings. The first is that even
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Our shared prosperity state policy recommendations
As we explored in my last post Michigan structurally has too many low-paid jobs. About half of Michigan jobs pay less than $15 an hour.
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Too much low-paid work
A recent Washington Post article was entitled Half the jobs in America pay less than $18 an hour. Can Trump help? The consequence of way too many