In 1965, the country was at an inflection point: there had been nearly a decade of important civil rights activism culminating in the Voting Rights Act, the World's Fair came to Queens, and the popularity of unions was at a...more
One of the more understandable reactions to programs allowing people access to their earned pay on demand, rather than waiting for the scheduled payday, is the contention that there will be rampant abuse of the benefit.
The...more
You know we have a serious economic justice problem in this country when the poorest Americans are paying $8 billion in overdraft fees in $35 increments to the nation’s largest banks. But that’s exactly what happened in 2020...more