Casey Quinlan is a reporter in Washington DC. In the past 10 years or so, they have reported on national politics and state politics, LGBTQ rights, abortion access, labor issues, education, Supreme Court news and more for publications including The American Independent, ThinkProgress, New Republic, Rewire News, SCOTUSblog, In These Times, and Vox. Some of their stories have included coverage of 2018-2019 teachers strikes, a medication abortion ban in Arkansas, the effects of the pandemic on LGBTQ workers, and the fallout of efforts to remove books with LGBTQ characters from school libraries and community libraries across the country.
The final rule transforms how prevailing wages, or the hourly rate of wages paid to workers in a given area, are calculated. They were last changed during the Reagan administration.
Economists have been predicting a recession for months, but the labor market has remained resilient, wage growth is higher than before the pandemic, and…
South and Midwest see big boosts. Young people, Black women and people with disabilities benefit.
Higher temperatures. Higher gas prices.
Census survey shows people struggle to pay for food even before pandemic-era SNAP benefits end next month.
President Joe Biden devoted 19 sentences of his State of the Union speech to “junk fees,” which includes credit card late fees, service fees…
Move aims to make charges fairer, less burdensome for those who can least afford it.
The $1.7 trillion federal spending bill President Joe Biden signed last week ushers in expanded protections for workers who are pregnant or nursing. Proponents…
Gov.-elect Wes Moore wants to accelerate the $15-an-hour minimum wage for Maryland, which isn’t slated to fully go into effect until 2026.
Lower prices for insulin, which start next month, one of the first of several policy measures Americans will see in the coming months and years under the Inflation Reduction Act.