Andrea Flynn
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Irvington, NY, United States
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Past articles by Andrea:
We Must Change the Way We Measure Economic Health
Our primary focus should be on improving the lives of our most marginalized—and without an arbitrary price tag. → Read More
We’re short on hospital beds because Washington let too many hospitals merge
Consolidation has contributed to a shortage of hospital beds, and the FTC has done nothing about it. → Read More
Op-ed: The 'All-Consuming' Emotional Labor Caused by Coronavirus—and Shouldered by Women
Three weeks ago, most of us—proud feminists and progressives—would have said we shared the burden of parenting relatively evenly. Why then, at times of crisis, do these imbalances emerge? → Read More
The Plight of Health Care in Rural America: How Hospital Mergers and Closures Harm Women
Structural problems in the health care and hospital industries are specifically hurting women in rural America, both as patients and as workers. In a new Roosevelt issue brief, Andrea Flynn, Rakeen Mabud, and Emma Chessen explore some of the industry-wide shifts that have occurred in rural areas over the last several decades. They then describe the → Read More
The Green New Deal’s Supporters Should Take a Crucial Lesson From FDR’s Original New Deal
FDR's original program excluded some Americans. The architects of the new climate plan can avoid doing the same. → Read More
America Needs Economic Rights. Now Is the Time to Push for Them.
Seventy-five years ago, FDR made a radical call for justice. Democrats have a chance to deliver where he fell short. → Read More
The Rules of the Economy Are Taking a Tragic Toll on Women and Their Pregnancies
These are the consequences of rules that ultimately prioritize profit over life. → Read More
The Supreme Court’s war on women is also a war on workers
Brett Kavanaugh is poised to make things much worse. → Read More
Fighting the Long Fight: A Q&A With Mississippi Child-Care Advocate Carol Burnett
At the root of the child-care crisis is something obvious: Employers aren't paying parents living wages. → Read More
What You Need to Know About Trump's Plan to Restrict Birth Control Access
What is the contraceptive mandate? → Read More
It's Time for Progressives to Fight for Women of Color
Women of color would bear a heavy burden as conservatives fortify the structural racism and sexism that has hurt them for centuries. → Read More
Justice Doesn't Trickle Down: How Racialized and Gender Rules are Holding Women Back
Among all social groups in the United States, women of color experience some of the starkest disparities, inequities, and injustices across nearly every social and economic indicator. Compared with white women, women of color have higher levels of unemployment and poverty; they have significantly less wealth; they are more likely to be targeted by and... Read more » → Read More
Fact Sheet: Impact of ACA Repeal on Women
In 2010, the year President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law, nearly 50 million individuals in the United States were uninsured—more than 16 percent of the total population. Since then, the ACA has extended care to more than 20 million Americans. ACA repeal would hurt millions of people who now have access to health insurance... Read more » → Read More
Obamacare Hasn't Just Made People Healthier, but More Financially Secure
And this is especially true for women. → Read More
Rewrite the Racial Rules: Building an Inclusive American Economy
In order to understand racial and economic inequality among black Americans, we must acknowledge the racial rules that undergird our economy and society. → Read More
The Great Clinton-Sanders Tax Divide
The candidates have very different ideas about how crucial government programs should be funded—and who is responsible for society’s well-being. → Read More
A GOP-Style Approach to Parental Leave
This will not help the moms and kids who most need the support. → Read More
How Family Planning Helps the Economy and Women's Careers
Family-planning programs boost incomes, reduce poverty, and ease the load on America’s safety net. And yet, Republicans can’t seem to condemn them strongly enough. → Read More
The GOP’s new assault on women’s health: Nationalizing Texas’ draconian policies
Reproductive health services once off-limits are now fair game in the GOP’s long, tireless battle against abortion → Read More
The GOP Is Taking the Texas Women's Health Crisis National
Nearly three thousand low-income women in Texas will need to find a new place to get their breast and cervical cancer screenings, thanks to a decision by lawmakers to oust Planned Parenthood. → Read More