0203, 2021

An outcry of support on Twitter can lead to economic justice

PRESS CONTACTRegina Mongueregina@payourinterns.org202-670-7783 Pay Our Interns: It’s Time to End Unpaid Work An outcry of support on Twitter can lead to economic justice Washington, DC–Today, unpaid internships began trending on Twitter with more than 60,000 tweets posted, and many people reflecting on the economic burden of their unpaid internship experience. Internships are an essential path to the workforce for millions of students, but when those opportunities are unpaid, studies have

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Is the American dream possible for young adults amid COVID-19?
2907, 2020

Is the American dream possible for young adults amid COVID-19?

It’s no secret: the majority of Americans are hurting right now. The COVID-19 pandemic has sounded one alarm after another, demanding that we finally acknowledge inequities in healthcare, education, housing, childcare, and employment, to name a few. While we’ve made great efforts to combat the effects of the pandemic, there are too many people in this country being left behind.

Pay Our Interns Report Finds Major Racial Disparities Among Interns in Congress
0607, 2020

Pay Our Interns Report Finds Major Racial Disparities Among Interns in Congress

As the world grapples with ongoing police brutality and the call for dismantling systemic racism, demands have escalated for Congress to provide antiracist policy solutions that reverse decades of unequal treatment that has rewarded whites and punished non-whites. However, one element of congressional policymaking that is consistently overlooked is how Congress manages its own workforce. Personnel decisions about who to hire and how to manage a political workplace are all matters of policy that provide a glimpse into how Congress is itself a racialized institution.

Latino college graduates worry about their futures in a pandemic economy
2705, 2020

Latino college graduates worry about their futures in a pandemic economy

By Cynthia Silva “Their careers and how they do over the long term will have financial and economic implications for the country,” says Pew Research’s Mark Hugo Lopez. Alexis Aviles, 22, had it all planned out. The recent University of Richmond graduate was going to move to Chicago and pursue a job with a nonprofit. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit. Quarantined with her family in her native New Orleans, Aviles, a first-generation college

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