Media Deep Dives

Deep Dives

Deep Dive: When Employers Turn Employees into Consumers, State and Local Regulators Can Turn to Consumer Protection Law

This Deep Dive explains how state and local law enforcement and consumer regulators can prohibit TRAPs and other stay-or-pay contracts under existing consumer protection laws. It is part of a Deep Dive series on how city, county, and state regulators can take on TRAPs using existing authorities to protect workers.

Deep Dive: State Law Provides an Untapped Route to Combat TRAPs and Other Coercive Contracts

The following SBPC Deep Dive explains how state antitrust officials can prohibit TRAPs and other stay-or-pay contracts under existing unfair methods of competition laws. Eleven states have laws that provide them with the ability to categorically prohibit non-competes and similar contracts instead of challenging their legality on a case-by-case basis.

Deep Dive: How Labor Protections Allows Cities and States to Combat Worker Traps

The work highlighted in this Deep Dive sheds light on the ways that our higher education financing system is detrimental to Black women’s overall well-being and ability to build wealth.

Deep Dive: The State of the Student Debt Crisis for Black Women

The work highlighted in this Deep Dive sheds light on the ways that our higher education financing system is detrimental to Black women’s overall well-being and ability to build wealth.

SBPC Deep Dives

SBPC Deep Dives are in-depth examinations of relevant topics featuring analysis of existing literature, policy stances and recommendations, and other findings.

Join our mailing list Stay informed on the fight to protect Americans with student debt

Name*
First Name* Last Name
Email*
Affiliation
State
Zip Code*
Name
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.