The report draws on three different forms of immigrant gig worker data: programmatic data from the IRC, a service provider for immigrants and refugees; survey data; and qualitative interviews. The qua...

As Women’s History Month comes to a close, we should reflect on how far women’s rights have come over the years, along with the recent significant backsliding.

Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.

After widening for decades, the gap narrowed thanks to pandemic-era government spending. But now we’re reverting to the status quo.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed deregulatory agenda threatens critical protections for workers, including cuts to minimum wage, overtime, safety standards, and union rights. CLASP strongly opp...

More Democrats are making the trip abroad to raise awareness for what they call a “constitutional crisis” surrounding Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation.

April 11, 2025 – Washington, D.C. – The Board of Trustees of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) announced today that it has chosen Wendy Chun-Hoon as the organization’s next president and ex...

CLASP recognizes this action as the gravest attack on workers in a generation. We stand in solidarity with our union partners and urge members of Congress and federal judges to use their authority to ...

CLASP recognizes this action as the gravest attack on workers in a generation. We stand in solidarity with our union partners and urge members of Congress and federal judges to use their authority to ...

Closing ED will disproportionately harm students of color and children with disabilities, instill fear in immigrant students, and reverse decades of progress in enhancing civil rights protections for ...

President Donald Trump’s soon-to-be labor secretary will likely need to balance her extensive labor record, which earned her support from some Democrats and unions, with a more traditional Republican ...

A Public Citizen report obtained exclusively by NPR shows the new administration has halted or tried to dismiss cases or investigations against at least 89 companies in the last month.

By Lulit Shewan The Southern U.S. has historically had the largest number of Black people in the workforce in the country. This is a region where workplace organizing faces hostile laws and employer p...

While we are already seeing some of the damage from these job cuts, it’s clear that the long-term consequences will be even more significant and could affect generations to come.

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This brief details the threat that the new administration poses to the federal Department of Education and its impact on post-secondary institutions.

Giving Elon Musk's team access to Treasury's payment systems amounts to a "massive and unprecedented" privacy intrusion, the complaint states.

These political maneuvers are a clear abuse of power and a resounding demonstration of how the Trump Administration plans to strip our nation’s most marginalized workers of their rights and their powe...

These political maneuvers are a clear abuse of power and a resounding demonstration of how the Trump Administration plans to strip our nation’s most marginalized workers of their rights and their powe...

This brief details the threat that the new administration poses to the federal Department of Education and its impact on post-secondary institutions.

In the US, all state and federal prisons allow some form of involuntary labor as part of various correctional work programs. Urgent reform is needed.

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As Republicans get ready to deliver a tax package next year, some prominent GOP lawmakers have voiced support for an expanded child tax credit.

The incoming Trump Administration plans to roll back DHS's protected areas policy, risking immigrant families' access to schools, child care, hospitals, and vital services, sparking fear and harm.

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App-based workers deserve fair pay and predictable schedules. CLASP's newest publication provides a framework for policymakers to use when determining how to best improve working conditions and boost ...

App-based workers deserve fair pay and predictable schedules. CLASP's newest publication provides a framework for policymakers to use when determining how to best improve working conditions and boost ...