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Early Learning

February 11, 2022

Washington’s Child Care Workers Deserve Better—Starting With More Paid Sick Time

As we head into year three of the pandemic, investments in the child care workforce are much-needed and long overdue

Progressive Revenue

January 31, 2022

We Must Invest in Washingtonians, Not Take A Path of Austerity Politics

Our state legislators should choose to fund the services our people need—child care, mental and behavioral health, housing security, and education—over indiscriminate tax cuts that largely benefit the wealthy.

Paid Family and Medical Leave

January 28, 2022

With Strategic Investments and Improvements, Washington’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Program will Support Families for Generations to Come

PFML has improved the health and economic resilience of Washington families

EOI

December 17, 2021

EOI’s 2022 Legislative Agenda

By strengthening the core pillars of our economy – including child care, health care, educational opportunity, economic security, and our public revenue system – we can diminish economic, racial, and gender inequity.

Progressive Revenue

December 17, 2021

Invest in an Equitable Recovery and Thriving Communities with a Tax on the Ultra-Wealthy

New state and federal taxes on concentrated wealth together with ample public investments are needed to forge a path toward recovery

Paid Family and Medical Leave

November 19, 2021

Build Back Better Passes the House

We're one step closer to a historic and necessary investment in working families

Research Feed

Paid Family and Medical Leave
Responses of African-American Women to Washington’s Paid Family & Medical Leave Program

Equity Goals of Program and Potential Barriers to Equitable Access

Care
The Reality of Health Insurance

Systemic Dependence on Hybrid Publicly Financed Coverage

Opportunity for All
College Promise – A Pathway to Greater Equity in Opportunity?

Lessons from across the U.S.

Fairness
Sources of Inequality

The forces behind the widening gaps between rich and poor