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Current developments in labor and social policy logged with dates: wage floor changes, leave entitlements, strike ballots and settlements, inspection penalties and employment rulings. Each entry states who is covered and from when. Useful to employers, union representatives and benefits administrators tracking obligations.

A dated feed of developments in work and social policy: wage rules, benefits changes, strike actions, safety enforcement and employment rulings.

Society News

Where You Grow Up Decides How Far You Get

Census-matched mobility data documents that a child's odds of climbing from the bottom quintile vary severalfold by county, and the research now names the neighborhood features that move them.

David Jordan
National map of tract-level mobility shading from low to high
Society News

The Generation That Bought Late or Never

Millennial homeownership trails prior generations at the same age, and the documented wealth gap compounds with every year the door stays shut.

Sofia Lindqvist
Couple touring an open house with an agent, inspecting a doorway
Society News

The Vanishing Volunteer, in Data

Formal volunteering fell by roughly a quarter in the latest federal survey round, a documented slide with waiting lists forming where committees used to.

David Jordan
Declining bars of formal volunteering beside steady informal-helping line