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Happy Spring!Hi -
Happy Spring! Just wanted to take a second and share some of the great work my clients did this past month that I had the privilege of being a part of - with links for sharing below. Keep in touch! Holly |
GEORGETOWN LAW CENTER ON POVERTY AND INEQUALITY
The Atlantic: The Case for a New WPA // When the government pays for people to work, they get out of poverty, a new study finds.
Creating more subsidized employment programs like the ones that ran during the Great Depression and the recession could be big step in boosting incomes and helping the people at the bottom of the income ladder, according to a study released this week by the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown. In a review of four decades of academic research on the outcomes of dozens of subsidized employment programs, the writers find that there is a strong consensus: Programs that provide people with temporary jobs, childcare, and healthcare can be essential in getting people into the workforce.
Subsidized employment programs “really help get money into the pockets of some of the hardest-hit families,” said Indivar Dutta-Gupta, the director of the Project on Deep Poverty at the center.
The Atlantic: The Case for a New WPA // When the government pays for people to work, they get out of poverty, a new study finds.
Creating more subsidized employment programs like the ones that ran during the Great Depression and the recession could be big step in boosting incomes and helping the people at the bottom of the income ladder, according to a study released this week by the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown. In a review of four decades of academic research on the outcomes of dozens of subsidized employment programs, the writers find that there is a strong consensus: Programs that provide people with temporary jobs, childcare, and healthcare can be essential in getting people into the workforce.
Subsidized employment programs “really help get money into the pockets of some of the hardest-hit families,” said Indivar Dutta-Gupta, the director of the Project on Deep Poverty at the center.
STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP
CNBC Commentary by Anne Salladin: How the US reviews China deals for national security
While there are an increasing number of reviews by CFIUS of Chinese investment, it's because there is more investment by the Chinese in the U.S., not because there is greater scrutiny. Chinese acquirers are filing more transactions with CFIUS and, like transactions from all other countries, a vast majority of them pass muster. Chinese investors' willingness to initiate the process means that there is confidence that the process can be managed – and that deals will be successful.
Despite the rhetoric from the U.S., the reality is that the United States is open to foreign investment, and CFIUS is to be consulted – not feared.
SIERRA CLUB
Reuters: Development banks urged to put more energy into power for poor
The World Bank and other major development banks are investing far too little in getting electric power to poor people around the globe, and should allocate at least half their energy budgets to such projects, environmental groups said on Thursday.
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Some 1.1 billion people, one in seven of the world's population, still lack access to electricity. New global goals agreed this year set a target for everybody to have access to "affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy" by 2030.
In a report issued as the World Bank spring meetings began in Washington DC, the Sierra Club and Oil Change International said top development banks had made little progress in their overall contribution to achieving that goal in the past two years.
Marketwatch: Peabody’s bankruptcy may speed up clean energy growth
As the coal industry fades, there’s more opportunity for clean energy to grow faster, said Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club.
“It’s a moment in time where environmental factors and economic factors are perfectly in sync,” he said. By the end of the next decade, coal will likely have been phased out in the U.S. as a source of power generation: “Coal can’t compete.”
Since 2010, more than a third of coal-fueled power plants have been retired or are scheduled to be retired, and the market for coal in the U.S. is shrinking, Brune said. Elsewhere, countries such as China are also actively trying to curb its consumption, he said.
PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Wall Street Journal Think Tank Commentary by Adam Green: Hillary Clinton's Populist Message and Momentum
Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary in Ohio and four other states this past Tuesday by riding the economic populist tide, not fighting it. She engaged Bernie Sanders in a battle to own the mantle of economic populist and, by doing so, fundamentally shifted the center of gravity in the Democratic Party.
MUSTAFA TAMEEZ
Religion News Service Op-Ed by Mustafa Tameez: America's greatest weapon against terrorism? The hyphen
Around the world, people are grappling with a fundamental question: How do we make sure terrorist strikes such as those in Paris and Brussels never happen again?
Politicians have been busy proposing all kinds of policy solutions: more security at airports, more drone strikes on terrorist’s cells. And some so-called solutions that are likely to create more problems than they solve, including Ted Cruz’s proposal to silo Muslim-American communities that would make young Muslim-Americans more alienated and vulnerable to extremist propaganda and ISIS recruiting.
We all know the world is at war against radicalism. But what few remember is that this fight is different from wars of the past, because it’s not just about winning on a battlefield, but also about winning the hearts and minds of individuals. In this theater, America has a unique weapon: the hyphen.
CNBC Commentary by Anne Salladin: How the US reviews China deals for national security
While there are an increasing number of reviews by CFIUS of Chinese investment, it's because there is more investment by the Chinese in the U.S., not because there is greater scrutiny. Chinese acquirers are filing more transactions with CFIUS and, like transactions from all other countries, a vast majority of them pass muster. Chinese investors' willingness to initiate the process means that there is confidence that the process can be managed – and that deals will be successful.
Despite the rhetoric from the U.S., the reality is that the United States is open to foreign investment, and CFIUS is to be consulted – not feared.
SIERRA CLUB
Reuters: Development banks urged to put more energy into power for poor
The World Bank and other major development banks are investing far too little in getting electric power to poor people around the globe, and should allocate at least half their energy budgets to such projects, environmental groups said on Thursday.
...
Some 1.1 billion people, one in seven of the world's population, still lack access to electricity. New global goals agreed this year set a target for everybody to have access to "affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy" by 2030.
In a report issued as the World Bank spring meetings began in Washington DC, the Sierra Club and Oil Change International said top development banks had made little progress in their overall contribution to achieving that goal in the past two years.
Marketwatch: Peabody’s bankruptcy may speed up clean energy growth
As the coal industry fades, there’s more opportunity for clean energy to grow faster, said Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club.
“It’s a moment in time where environmental factors and economic factors are perfectly in sync,” he said. By the end of the next decade, coal will likely have been phased out in the U.S. as a source of power generation: “Coal can’t compete.”
Since 2010, more than a third of coal-fueled power plants have been retired or are scheduled to be retired, and the market for coal in the U.S. is shrinking, Brune said. Elsewhere, countries such as China are also actively trying to curb its consumption, he said.
PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Wall Street Journal Think Tank Commentary by Adam Green: Hillary Clinton's Populist Message and Momentum
Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary in Ohio and four other states this past Tuesday by riding the economic populist tide, not fighting it. She engaged Bernie Sanders in a battle to own the mantle of economic populist and, by doing so, fundamentally shifted the center of gravity in the Democratic Party.
MUSTAFA TAMEEZ
Religion News Service Op-Ed by Mustafa Tameez: America's greatest weapon against terrorism? The hyphen
Around the world, people are grappling with a fundamental question: How do we make sure terrorist strikes such as those in Paris and Brussels never happen again?
Politicians have been busy proposing all kinds of policy solutions: more security at airports, more drone strikes on terrorist’s cells. And some so-called solutions that are likely to create more problems than they solve, including Ted Cruz’s proposal to silo Muslim-American communities that would make young Muslim-Americans more alienated and vulnerable to extremist propaganda and ISIS recruiting.
We all know the world is at war against radicalism. But what few remember is that this fight is different from wars of the past, because it’s not just about winning on a battlefield, but also about winning the hearts and minds of individuals. In this theater, America has a unique weapon: the hyphen.