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Declaring Victory Too Soon Will Cost Too Many Lives

Type: Blog
Author: Marc Stier
Date: April 13, 2020

All over the Commonwealth today, people are dying in terrible ways from COVID-19—struggling for breath without the comfort of...

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A Status Update on Pennsylvania’s Policy Response to COVID-19: Economic Relief, Health Care and Worker Protections

Type: Blog
Author: Diana Polson
Date: April 13, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the inequities and inadequacies that exist in our Commonwealth, from the precarity of...

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Exploring Fines and Fees in the Youth Criminal Justice System

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Mary Madsen
Date: April 09, 2020

In Pennsylvania, children are subject to the imposition of fines, fees, and restitution, just as adults involved in the...

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Race and COVID-19

Type: Blog
Author: Marc Stier and Erica Freeman
Date: April 09, 2020

COVID-19 is like a chemical in which one dips a photographic print—it gradually reveals things you couldn’t see before....

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A Compendium of State Action in Response to the COVID-19 Epidemic

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Diana Polson
Date: April 06, 2020

This is a compendium of state action and public policies PBPC and KRC have recommended and endorsed as necessary...

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Choose Lives, Not Money: On a Proposed Amendment A04895 to SB 327, PN 1436

Type: Policy Brief
Author: Marc Stier
Date: April 05, 2020

Governor Wolf has ordered all Pennsylvanians to stay at home except when necessary to engage in “tasks essential to...

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The Economy Is Dropping Like a Stone—Even More Aggressive Policies Are Needed

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: April 03, 2020

The economy, almost literally, is dropping like a stone. This blog summarizes the most recent evidence and points to...

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