Health

Policymakers Should Stand by the Essential Workers Who Sustain Maryland Communities

May 6, 2020 by Christopher Meyer
Workers at Amazon, Instacart, and Target walked off the job on May 1 to protest inadequate pay, safety measures, and read more

No Time for Complacency: Strong, Sustained Action Needed to Minimize Lasting Economic Damage from COVID-19 Pandemic

April 2, 2020 by Christopher Meyer
Photo by Anna Shvets While there is enormous uncertainty about the severity, duration, and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, read more

Coronavirus Dos and Don’ts for a Healthy Maryland Economy: Invest in Essential Services, Improve our Tax Code, and Steer Clear of Harmful Cuts

March 17, 2020 by Christopher Meyer
Photo by Miguel Montejano As policymakers take increasingly aggressive steps to slow the spread of coronavirus, business closures and layoffs read more

Increasing Use of SNAP Time Limit Won’t Help Low-Income Marylanders Find Jobs

March 25, 2019 by Ellen Hutton
Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have proposed a new rule would cut off nutrition assistance to as many read more

Sustaining Strong Communities on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

September 27, 2018 by Christopher Meyer
Maryland’s Eastern Shore is a place with significant assets including natural beauty, productive farmland, and an iconic seafood industry. Download read more

Budgeting For Opportunity

July 24, 2018 by Christopher Meyer
How Our Fiscal Policy Choices Can Remove Barriers Facing Marylanders of Color and Advance Shared Prosperity By Christopher Meyer Maryland’s read more

Work Requirements Don’t Work – SNAP Proposal Would Leave Thousands Struggling to Afford Food

April 27, 2018 by Shamekka Kuykendall
Thousands of Marylanders would have a harder time affording sufficient, healthy food under provisions in the proposed federal Agriculture and read more

Blueprint for Broadly Shared Prosperity in Maryland

March 27, 2018 by MDCEP
Maryland has a lot to be proud of. Our past investments in our education system, health care, transportation network, safe read more

Senate Restores Essential Investments in Health Care

March 19, 2018 by Kali Schumitz
The Maryland Senate took an important step last week in approving a budget that will help ensure low-income Marylanders and read more

Guaranteeing Earned Sick Days Is the Right Choice for a Healthy Economy

December 1, 2017 by Christopher Meyer
Each time they get sick or need to care for a sick child, 750,000 working Marylanders are still forced to read more
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