Workforce Development

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Up Front

Adapting workers to the modern economy: Alternative training and certification

Marcus Casey and Ember Smith

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

External Article

The economy that allows you to get your job done is broken

Molly Kinder and Martha Ross

New York Times Tuesday, April 13, 2021

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the investments in the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Vice President Kamala Harris looked on as President Biden delivered remarks aimed at pressuring Republicans to support his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan. Photo by Leigh Vogel/Pool/Sipa USANo Use Germany.

The Avenue

Biden’s infrastructure plan replaces federal cynicism with a sweeping vision

Friday, April 9, 2021

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The Avenue

What’s stopping automatic retirement savings for more workers?

Robert Maxim and Mark Muro

Friday, April 9, 2021

Reports

Infrastructure report

Essay

Rebuild with purpose: An affirmative vision for 21st century American infrastructure

Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, and Caroline George

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

MTU piece

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Families, Communities, and Education

Ten economic facts on how mothers spend their time

Lauren Bauer, Eliana Buckner, Sara Estep, Emily Moss, and Morgan Welch

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Essential Workers

Workforce Development

A policy manifesto for paying, protecting, and empowering essential workers

Molly Kinder and Laura Stateler

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Crisscrossing highways

Report

How federal infrastructure investment can put America to work

Marcela Escobari, Dhruv Gandhi, and Sebastian Strauss

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

automation

Workforce Development

Race and jobs at risk of being automated in the age of COVID-19

Kristen Broady, Darlene Booth-Bell, Jason Coupet, and Moriah Macklin

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Blog Posts

Essential Workers

The Avenue

With federal aid on the way, it’s time for state and local governments to boost pay for frontline essential workers

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Neighborhood

The Avenue

As prosperity rose in many metro areas, neighborhood divides widened

Sarah Crump and Alan Berube

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Jackson Miss

The Avenue

In Jackson, Miss., a water crisis has revealed the racial costs of legacy infrastructure

Andre M. Perry, Joseph W. Kane, and Carl Romer

March 29, 2021

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Events

Women and leadership: A conversation with Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

The business case for expanding apprenticeships: Federal and employer perspectives

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM EST

A conversation about racial justice and worker mobility

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

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Experts

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Multimedia

Mobility Pathways

Up Front

Introducing the Mobility Pathways tool for workers, employers, and policymakers

Marcela Escobari and Natalie Geismar

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

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Testimony

If AI takes jobs, humans will need lifelong learning and portable benefits

Darrell M. West

Thursday, September 10, 2020

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Wanted: A public option for finding work in the gig economy

Xavier de Souza Briggs and Wingham Rowan

Friday, March 19, 2021

Finance

A $15 minimum wage would help millions of struggling households in small and mid-sized cities achieve self-sufficiency

Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

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Amazon’s union battle in Bessemer, Alabama is about dignity, racial justice, and the future of the American worker

Andre M. Perry, Molly Kinder, Laura Stateler, and Carl Romer

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

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Harry J. Holzer

Tuesday, March 16, 2021