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New data show that access to paid sick days remains vastly unequal: Amid federal inaction, 61% of low-wage workers are without paid sick days

The spike in child poverty highlighted in the latest Census release illustrated the consequences of allowing crucial government provisions to expire. Although less discussed, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act—a tax credit incentivizing employers to provide sick leave—was another important government provision that expired two years ago. Few policymakers seem intent on renewing it, though some

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Greta Thunberg to sue Sweden over ‘climate inaction’

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined hundreds of other young plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Swedish government, alleging the country is inactive on climate change. The lawsuit brings together 19-year-old Thunberg and more than 600 others who allege that Sweden’s climate policy violated the Constitution along with the European Convention on Human Rights. bloomberg

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