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The Greater Cleveland Food Bank helps people living in poverty get enough to eat, but some of its employees were also struggling to get by. So the food bank increased its base wage and is showing other nonprofits the way.
about 19 hours ago via Facebook
Communications director Caitlin Johnson is joined by Mara Sankin and researcher Mike Shields for a conversation on Issue 1.
2 months ago via Youtube
One of the places racial injustice shows up most dramatically is our criminal justice system. Martin Luther King Jr. knew this. Remember him today by urging Ohio’s leaders to adopt equitable sentencing reform this year.
a day ago via Facebook
Two powerful stories from our student debt liberation campaign.
4 months ago via Youtube
ICYMI: look closely, you’ll see our own Cynthia Diindiisikwe Connolly! She spoke about how Trump administration policies are harming Native Americans at the Cleveland Women’s March yesterday. She killed it!
2 days ago via Facebook
Policy Matters Development Coordinator Cynthia Connolly tells they story of when she realized policy matters and how she uses fundraising to fight for social justice.
1 year ago via Youtube
December JobWatch: 2018 was good for Ohio's economy, but not enough to pull people into the workforce.
4 days ago via Facebook
Amy joins a panel to discuss the legacy of former Cleveland Mayor Carl B. Stokes.
1 year ago via Youtube
“What’s really important here is that people understand that this is the February benefit,” Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks, said of the early deposit. “There won’t be more money loaded in February.”
5 days ago via Facebook
Amy joins a panel to discuss the legacy of Mayor Carl B. Stokes
1 year ago via Youtube
New signs all over Ohio's highways tell drivers they'll "find it here." But if you're a new mom looking for support or if you need help getting by while waiting to hear back from Social Security Disability Insurance, you might...
6 days ago via Facebook
These Policy Matters interns were so happy that the health care bill died they just had to dance!
1 year ago via Youtube
A new governor can't turn bad policy good. Ohio should be expanding access to Medicaid, *not* restricting it. Mayor Nan Whaley knows it:
7 days ago via Facebook
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1 year ago via Youtube
Our friends at the Economic Policy Institute have some great ideas about how to make the economy work for everyone. What kind of reforms would you like to see?
8 days ago via Facebook
USW members Teresa Hartley & Julie Barrett share the story of how unemployment compensation kept them and many others afloat in the Cooper Tire lockout of 2010. To see our full unemployment blog entry go to this link: http://www.policymattersohio.org/uctestimonials-nov2016
2 years ago via Youtube
Ohio, we need to overhaul our tax code. It doesn't raise enough to fully fund schools, transit and more. And it reinforces longstanding racial barriers while benefitting the wealthiest.
11 days ago via Facebook
Steve Gillison shares his story of unemployment and how he gained new skills to prepare for himself for a changing workforce. To see our full unemployment blog entry go to this link: http://www.policymattersohio.org/uctestimonials-nov2016
2 years ago via Youtube
Already, 17,000 people have lost health care in Arkansas thanks to new Medicaid requirements. It could happen in Ohio if we go through with a proposal submitted under Governor Kasich.
12 days ago via Facebook
Hannah Halbert gives testimony and explains why full unemployment compensation is important to our workforce and advocates against proposed cuts to Ohio's current benefit period of 26 weeks. To see our full unemployment blog entry go to this link: http://www.policymattersohio.org/uctestimonials-nov2016
2 years ago via Youtube
Babies need healthy food. Victims of domestic violence need a safe place to stay. Everyone needs a roof over their head. If the shutdown goes on for months or years, as President Trump says it could, thousands of Ohioans could...
13 days ago via Facebook
Angela Ballou describes how unemployment compensation helped to pay essential bills while she looked for work as a single mother. To see our full unemployment blog entry go to this link: http://www.policymattersohio.org/uctestimonials-nov2016
2 years ago via Youtube
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