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The DC Fiscal Policy Institute shapes racially-just tax, budget, and policy decisions to advance an antiracist, equitable future.
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Black workers already experience lower median wages and higher unemployment than white workers and when the District goes through a recession, Black workers fare worse in every economic measure.
Read more in our latest blog: loom.ly/Rmx80qE
"When Mayor Bowser issued her budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 in April, it included what Mitchell of DCFPI called 'the deepest cut to our local safety net program in a generation.'"
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Today, the Census Bureau releases new American Community Survey data for 2025, showing the “before” of the historical cuts to the federal safety net.
NEW: The Census Bureau has released its latest data on income, poverty, and health insurance in 2025. Follow our live blog throughout the day as CBPP experts break down what the new data show about families’ economic well-being and health coverage cbpp.org/blog/analyzing-the-…
The Administration already eliminated Current Population Survey (CPS) food insecurity data, which is a 30-year-old measure that would show exactly how SNAP and health care cuts are affecting families' ability to afford food. cspi.org/cspi-news/usdas-foo…
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Join Just Recovery DC on 10/13 for an advocacy day at the Wilson Building to urge our local lawmakers and their staff to advance progressive, equitable revenue raisers that protect DC’s critical services and programs.
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"This tax would expand the vital revenue D.C. needs so it can avoid cutting the programs relied on by struggling residents, who are disproportionately Black and brown." - @EricaWilli
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Lawmakers can use this moment to advance a more progressive and racially-just tax system by evaluating tax proposals across five dimensions. Learn more about these principles in our new blog!
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Labor Day is a day to celebrate workers, but high costs coupled with low wages, federal interference, and chronic racial inequities are hurting many District workers.
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TODAY!
Meet us at the Mount Pleasant Library to hear Vanessa Williamson discuss her book, The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History, in conversation with DCFPI's @EricaWilli!
More info: loom.ly/R7AWZXI
Approximately 1,200 DC residents could lose food assistance by October because of a harmful time limit on SNAP that federal lawmakers imposed on states and enrollees last year.
Learn more on our blog: loom.ly/cpYws0M
On September 3rd, head to the Mount Pleasant library to hear Vanessa Williamson discuss her book The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History in conversation with DCFPI's @EricaWilli!
More info: loom.ly/R7AWZXI
Decades of historical and ongoing discrimination have greatly limited the economic outcomes of Black households, who in turn face the brunt of the District’s enduring affordability crisis.
Read more in our latest blog: loom.ly/tttZkiY
High prices hit Black District households particularly hard because of the long-term suppression of earned income, driven by employment discrimination and systemic racism.
Read more on our blog: loom.ly/tttZkiY
