The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2021

At the beginning of 2020, Brisandi Ruiz was hopeful about the year ahead. When she found a new job as an allergy technician in September 2020, it didn’t pay enough for the couple to send their son to a licensed childcare center, so a neighbor watched him at her house for a more affordable fee. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2024

But for years after, the quest for a voucher would interfere with her quest for economic stability. The program has never been funded at the level that it needs to be to be able to meet the need, said Rachel Wilensky, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy. The state received another waiver in 2020.)

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Political Science Now

APRIL 15, 2025

In a working paper, I study the emergence, election, and policy impact of the post-Sanders progressives who ran for Congress on the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. The paper relies on interviews with 42 former progressive candidates and causal estimates of progressive challengers impact on Democratic incumbents behavior.

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