BRIDGES COLLABORATIVE Learn More About the Bridges Collaborative. The Bridges Collaborative is an initiative of The Century Foundation, a progressive, independent think tank that conducts research, develops solutions, and drives policy change to make people’s lives better.. Vision: An America where every child has the opportunity to attend a school that is diverse, integrated, rigorous and inclusive. FACT SHEET: WHAT’S AT STAKE AS STATES CANCEL FEDERAL On May 4, 2021, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte announced that his state was backing out of federal pandemic unemployment benefits, including the $300 per week supplement (PUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) for gig workers and others not eligible for UI, and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) for the long-term

unemployed.

REBECCA VALLAS

Rebecca Vallas is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where her work focuses on economic justice. Vallas joins TCF after seven years at the Center for American Progress, during which she helped to build and lead CAP’s Poverty to Prosperity Program, in a range of roles, including as the program’s first policy director and managing director, and later as vice president. TCF STUDY FINDS U.S. SCHOOLS UNDERFUNDED BY NEARLY $150 The United States is underfunding its K-12 public schools by nearly $150 billion annually, robbing more than 30 million school children of the resources they need to succeed in the classroom, according to a new, first-of-its-kind study released today by The Century Foundation (TCF). School districts with high concentrations of Latinx and Black students are much more likely to be underfunded

DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN

Dahlia Scheindlin is a fellow at the Century Foundation. She is a public opinion expert and an international political and strategic consultant, as well as a scholar and a writer. She has advised and conducted research on seven national campaigns in Israel over twenty years, and has provided research and advising for elections,

referendums, and

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Andrew Stettner is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation. His career as a non-profit leader spans 20 years of experience modernizing workforce protections and social insurance programs at every level, including community organizing, research, policy, and program

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Julie Kashen is a senior fellow and director for women’s economic justice at The Century Foundation, with expertise in work and family, caregiving, economic mobility, and labor. Kashen has more than two decades of experience forwarding these issues in federal and state government and through the nonprofit sector, including helping to

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STEFAN LALLINGER

Stefan Lallinger is a fellow at the Century Foundation and the Director of TCF’s Bridges Collaborative. He focuses on issues of racial and socioeconomic integration, equity, BRIDGES COLLABORATIVE Learn More About the Bridges Collaborative. The Bridges Collaborative is an initiative of The Century Foundation, a progressive, independent think tank that conducts research, develops solutions, and drives policy change to make people’s lives better.. Vision: An America where every child has the opportunity to attend a school that is diverse, integrated, rigorous and inclusive. FACT SHEET: WHAT’S AT STAKE AS STATES CANCEL FEDERAL On May 4, 2021, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte announced that his state was backing out of federal pandemic unemployment benefits, including the $300 per week supplement (PUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) for gig workers and others not eligible for UI, and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) for the long-term

unemployed.

REBECCA VALLAS

Rebecca Vallas is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where her work focuses on economic justice. Vallas joins TCF after seven years at the Center for American Progress, during which she helped to build and lead CAP’s Poverty to Prosperity Program, in a range of roles, including as the program’s first policy director and managing director, and later as vice president. TCF STUDY FINDS U.S. SCHOOLS UNDERFUNDED BY NEARLY $150 The United States is underfunding its K-12 public schools by nearly $150 billion annually, robbing more than 30 million school children of the resources they need to succeed in the classroom, according to a new, first-of-its-kind study released today by The Century Foundation (TCF). School districts with high concentrations of Latinx and Black students are much more likely to be underfunded

DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN

Dahlia Scheindlin is a fellow at the Century Foundation. She is a public opinion expert and an international political and strategic consultant, as well as a scholar and a writer. She has advised and conducted research on seven national campaigns in Israel over twenty years, and has provided research and advising for elections,

referendums, and

ANDREW STETTNER

Andrew Stettner is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation. His career as a non-profit leader spans 20 years of experience modernizing workforce protections and social insurance programs at every level, including community organizing, research, policy, and program

development.

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JULIE KASHEN

Julie Kashen is a senior fellow and director for women’s economic justice at The Century Foundation, with expertise in work and family, caregiving, economic mobility, and labor. Kashen has more than two decades of experience forwarding these issues in federal and state government and through the nonprofit sector, including helping to

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STEFAN LALLINGER

Stefan Lallinger is a fellow at the Century Foundation and the Director of TCF’s Bridges Collaborative. He focuses on issues of racial and socioeconomic integration, equity, BRIDGES COLLABORATIVE Learn More About the Bridges Collaborative. The Bridges Collaborative is an initiative of The Century Foundation, a progressive, independent think tank that conducts research, develops solutions, and drives policy change to make people’s lives better.. Vision: An America where every child has the opportunity to attend a school that is diverse, integrated, rigorous and inclusive. WE NEED A COVID-19 PHASE 4 RELIEF PACKAGE. HERE’S WHAT We Need a COVID-19 Phase 4 Relief Package. Here’s What Should Be In It. April 09, 2020. Download (EN) (EN) The Century Foundation. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on every corner of American society and the economy, the need for much stronger, more comprehensive federal policy action becomes increasingly clear. SYRIANS ARE GOING HUNGRY. WILL THE WEST ACT? A Displacement Crisis in Northwest Syria. Northwest Syria—the Idlib area, in particular—is apparently Syria’s most food-insecure region, but for “access” reasons slightly distinct from elsewhere in the country. 51 Because the northwest is partially disengaged from the rest of the country, it has suffered less from the economic shocks that have hit other areas. ORDER FROM ASHES PODCAST: SYRIANS ARE GOING HUNGRY Sam Heller is a Beirut-based researcher, analyst and fellow at The Century Foundation. Sam’s work focuses on politics and security in Lebanon, Syria and their regional neighborhood.

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ability

WHAT SCHOOLS NEED NOW IS INTERNET FOR ALL, AND TEACHERS TO What Schools Need Now Is Internet for All, and Teachers to the Front. TaeChaun and Sancell Jeffries, two teenage African-American brothers in Bexar County, Texas, received free Chromebooks, a relatively inexpensive laptop model produced by Google, in April to do online distance learning after their school closed due to the COVID-19

pandemic.

STEFAN LALLINGER

Stefan Lallinger is a fellow at the Century Foundation and the Director of TCF’s Bridges Collaborative. He focuses on issues of racial and socioeconomic integration, equity, BRIDGES COLLABORATIVE Learn More About the Bridges Collaborative. The Bridges Collaborative is an initiative of The Century Foundation, a progressive, independent think tank that conducts research, develops solutions, and drives policy change to make people’s lives better.. Vision: An America where every child has the opportunity to attend a school that is diverse, integrated, rigorous and inclusive. FACT SHEET: WHAT’S AT STAKE AS STATES CANCEL FEDERAL On May 4, 2021, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte announced that his state was backing out of federal pandemic unemployment benefits, including the $300 per week supplement (PUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) for gig workers and others not eligible for UI, and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) for the long-term

unemployed.

REBECCA VALLAS

Rebecca Vallas is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where her work focuses on economic justice. Vallas joins TCF after seven years at the Center for American Progress, during which she helped to build and lead CAP’s Poverty to Prosperity Program, in a range of roles, including as the program’s first policy director and managing director, and later as vice president. TCF STUDY FINDS U.S. SCHOOLS UNDERFUNDED BY NEARLY $150 The United States is underfunding its K-12 public schools by nearly $150 billion annually, robbing more than 30 million school children of the resources they need to succeed in the classroom, according to a new, first-of-its-kind study released today by The Century Foundation (TCF). School districts with high concentrations of Latinx and Black students are much more likely to be underfunded

DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN

Dahlia Scheindlin is a fellow at the Century Foundation. She is a public opinion expert and an international political and strategic consultant, as well as a scholar and a writer. She has advised and conducted research on seven national campaigns in Israel over twenty years, and has provided research and advising for elections,

referendums, and

ANDREW STETTNER

Andrew Stettner is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation. His career as a non-profit leader spans 20 years of experience modernizing workforce protections and social insurance programs at every level, including community organizing, research, policy, and program

development.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CAN HELP ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGESEE MORE ON

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JULIE KASHEN

Julie Kashen is a senior fellow and director for women’s economic justice at The Century Foundation, with expertise in work and family, caregiving, economic mobility, and labor. Kashen has more than two decades of experience forwarding these issues in federal and state government and through the nonprofit sector, including helping to

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STEFAN LALLINGER

Stefan Lallinger is a fellow at the Century Foundation and the Director of TCF’s Bridges Collaborative. He focuses on issues of racial and socioeconomic integration, equity, BRIDGES COLLABORATIVE Learn More About the Bridges Collaborative. The Bridges Collaborative is an initiative of The Century Foundation, a progressive, independent think tank that conducts research, develops solutions, and drives policy change to make people’s lives better.. Vision: An America where every child has the opportunity to attend a school that is diverse, integrated, rigorous and inclusive. FACT SHEET: WHAT’S AT STAKE AS STATES CANCEL FEDERAL On May 4, 2021, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte announced that his state was backing out of federal pandemic unemployment benefits, including the $300 per week supplement (PUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) for gig workers and others not eligible for UI, and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) for the long-term

unemployed.

REBECCA VALLAS

Rebecca Vallas is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where her work focuses on economic justice. Vallas joins TCF after seven years at the Center for American Progress, during which she helped to build and lead CAP’s Poverty to Prosperity Program, in a range of roles, including as the program’s first policy director and managing director, and later as vice president. TCF STUDY FINDS U.S. SCHOOLS UNDERFUNDED BY NEARLY $150 The United States is underfunding its K-12 public schools by nearly $150 billion annually, robbing more than 30 million school children of the resources they need to succeed in the classroom, according to a new, first-of-its-kind study released today by The Century Foundation (TCF). School districts with high concentrations of Latinx and Black students are much more likely to be underfunded

DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN

Dahlia Scheindlin is a fellow at the Century Foundation. She is a public opinion expert and an international political and strategic consultant, as well as a scholar and a writer. She has advised and conducted research on seven national campaigns in Israel over twenty years, and has provided research and advising for elections,

referendums, and

ANDREW STETTNER

Andrew Stettner is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation. His career as a non-profit leader spans 20 years of experience modernizing workforce protections and social insurance programs at every level, including community organizing, research, policy, and program

development.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CAN HELP ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGESEE MORE ON

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JULIE KASHEN

Julie Kashen is a senior fellow and director for women’s economic justice at The Century Foundation, with expertise in work and family, caregiving, economic mobility, and labor. Kashen has more than two decades of experience forwarding these issues in federal and state government and through the nonprofit sector, including helping to

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THE UGLY HISTORY OF SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING RESURFACESSEE MORE ON TCF.ORG

STEFAN LALLINGER

Stefan Lallinger is a fellow at the Century Foundation and the Director of TCF’s Bridges Collaborative. He focuses on issues of racial and socioeconomic integration, equity, FACT SHEET: WHAT’S AT STAKE AS STATES CANCEL FEDERAL On May 4, 2021, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte announced that his state was backing out of federal pandemic unemployment benefits, including the $300 per week supplement (PUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) for gig workers BRIDGES COLLABORATIVE Learn More About the Bridges Collaborative. The Bridges Collaborative is an initiative of The Century Foundation, a progressive, independent think tank that conducts research, develops solutions, and drives policy change to make people’s lives better.. Vision: An America where every child has the opportunity to attend a school that is diverse, integrated, rigorous and inclusive. EXPANDING ACCESS TO SUMMER LEARNING IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 Across the country, virtually all of the nation’s 56 million schoolchildren are out of school due to COVID-19-related closures. In some cases, school has stopped altogether; one-third of states are not requiring remote learning, 1 leaving the decision up to districts. In the thousands of school districts that have set up remote learning plans, teachers, students, and families are navigating DISCONNECTED: HOW THE DIGITAL DIVIDE HARMS WORKERS AND Disconnected: How the Digital Divide Harms Workers and What We Can Do about It. This piece was originally published by Next100, a startup think tank powered by The Century Foundation and created for—and by—the next generation of policy leaders. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, an estimated forty-two million Americans did not have the

ability

WHAT SCHOOLS NEED NOW IS INTERNET FOR ALL, AND TEACHERS TO What Schools Need Now Is Internet for All, and Teachers to the Front. TaeChaun and Sancell Jeffries, two teenage African-American brothers in Bexar County, Texas, received free Chromebooks, a relatively inexpensive laptop model produced by Google, in April to do online distance learning after their school closed due to the COVID-19

pandemic.

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