Is $1 Trillion Enough for a New Economic Relief Package?
Policymakers will not be able to fit a responsible and bipartisan package within a $1 trillion...
“Tracking Hardship”: CBPP’s New Tool to Highlight Recession’s Human Impact
Nearly 15 million adult renters (1 in 5) were behind in their rent at some point this summer, and up to 17 million children were in households that said the children weren’t eating enough because...
Tracking the COVID-19 Economy’s Effects on Food, Housing, and Employment Hardships
Hardship in 2020 and 2021 would have been far worse without extraordinary steps taken by the federal government, states, and localities to respond to the pandemic and its economic...
Struggling Families and Economy Need Robust, Bipartisan COVID Relief Agreement
The only way to adequately meet the needs of a reeling economy, struggling families, and cash-strapped states and localities is for President Trump and Congress to come to agreement on a robust,...
Trump Executive Actions Won’t Alleviate, and Could Worsen, States’ Budget Woes
President Trump’s executive actions of last weekend do nothing to alleviate the enormous budget crisis that’s battering states and localities nationwide, and one of them — extending...
Greenstein: Trump COVID-19 Executive Actions Woefully Inadequate, Legally Dangerous
President Trump’s new executive actions should deeply concern all Americans. They fall dramatically short of responding effectively to the enormous need across the country due to COVID-19 and the...
Many Unemployed Workers Will Exhaust Jobless Benefits This Year If More Weeks of Benefits Aren’t in Relief Package
Policymakers should include an increase in the weeks of benefits available in this...
Robust Unemployment Insurance, Other Relief Needed to Mitigate Racial and Ethnic Unemployment Disparities
Maintaining robust, expanded unemployment insurance would relieve hardship that falls disproportionately on workers of...
Greenstein: Senate Republican COVID Relief Proposal Fails to Meet Needs of Struggling Families, Economy
The new Senate Republican COVID-19 plan announced July 27 falls far short of meeting the needs of a nation reeling from a pandemic and economic crisis....
Delivering Human Services During COVID-19: An Interview With LIFT CEO Michelle Rhone-Collins
CBPP partnered with LIFT, a human service organization that works in underserved communities of color in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C., to examine the pandemic’s impact...