Economy

Tax Policy Changes Required as Part of COVID-19 Economic Recovery

As of Dec. 17, 2020, over 66 million Americans have filed unemployment claims since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. After lengthy negotiations and a partisan stalemate, Congress passed the second $900 billion comprehensive pandemic relief bill in late December providing much-needed relief to struggling Americans for the first time since March. Meanwhile, 34% of […]

Creating LGBT Inclusive Workplaces in India: The Push for an Anti-Discrimination Law

In the past decade, legal rulings in India have extended workplace protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees in the public sector, but discrimination in the private sector is still legal. Workplace harassment harms both individuals and India’s economy. Recent efforts in Parliament to outlaw discrimination in the private sector have been unsuccessful, but are […]