Sean Finn @StardustStats
Policy analyst @ Common Good Iowa | Loyola University Chicago and University of Iowa alum | lover of data, stats, social justice, sci-fi, & the cosmos (he/him) statsfromstardust.com Joined February 2021-
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Attention skygazers: Witness Venus and Jupiter hanging out like two peas in a pod! At twilight today (March 1), catch the pair above the western horizon during sunset and just a little bit after. Details on this and other events: go.nasa.gov/3Je9Xa9
Keep banning stuff. They're watching.
Des Moines students participating in walk-outs to protest LGBTQ-related bills advancing in #ialegis arrive at the Iowa Capitol, chanting “we say gay” and “trans rights are human rights.”
Citizens are largely pessimistic about their ability to influence politics. Roughly half or more in 18 of the 19 countries surveyed in 2022 say the political system in their country does not allow people like them to have an influence on politics pewrsr.ch/3I9EbsT
An analysis by @EconomicPolicy found that the spike in profit margins since the pandemic explains roughly 40% of the rise in prices since mid-2020. Meaning? While Americans were struggling with high costs, giant corporations were padding their bottom line. Outrageous.
On this site you can see all the satellites that surround the earth. celestrak.com
#IAlegis leaders are moving quickly -- shockingly quickly -- on their voucher scheme. Within 3 years, the state would direct public dollars to private school tuition for any family, no income limits whatsoever. That's radical.
Wage theft — which costs Iowans 10x MORE than all other types of theft combined — is such a low priority to #Iowa that they employ just 2 investigators. "It is beyond time for Iowa and the U.S. to stand up against predatory employers who steal from their own employees."
Good column in the @TheDailyIowan. Iowa media are paying attention to CGI’s wage theft report — setting a good example for Iowa policy makers. Employers are stealing over $900 million a year from Iowa workers. Time to stop it. dailyiowan.com/2022/12/11/opi…
NEW: Striking findings from 2022 pewrsr.ch/3Wih2Kr
When two galaxies encounter each other, it takes 1-2 billion years for them to merge and settle down. While the stars already in the galaxies don’t change much, the collision can spark lots of new stars to form! ✨ #MondayMotivation
The world’s population is estimated to be 8 billion people. Projections by the UN suggest that the global population could grow to around: ▪️8.5 billion in 2030 ▪️9.7 billion in 2050 ▪️10.4 billion in 2100
What better way to mark #NewFriendsDay than with this new view? One of Hubble’s most iconic shots now has a complementary companion from our friend @NASAWebb! This star-forming region is known as the Pillars of Creation, and shows a small region of the Eagle Nebula.
#chartoftheweek How did we lift so many children out of poverty? Through the child tax credit. (Which we should renew, or this line will go up for 2022.)
"Dishonest employers steal $900 million from Iowa workers each year—10 times as much as all other theft combined," writes Sean Finn (@CommonGoodIowa) in this @gazettedotcom op-ed about the prevalence of wage theft and steps needed to address it. Read more: thegazette.com/guest-columnis…
A new @WiscCORE study led by @LauraETSWan surveyed 893 Wisconsin physicians about how contraception works. 17% incorrectly believed that IUDs work by causing abortion, and 39% incorrectly believed that emergency contraception works by causing abortion. (1/3)
Data about who is in U.S. jails, why, and for how long is often incomplete—adding uncertainty to policy decisions. Enter @publicsafetylab’s Jail Data Initiative, a new interactive that paints a more complete picture with up-to-date stats. Take a look: jaildatainitiative.org
New wage theft report from @CommonGoodIowa! $900 million stolen from Iowans every year! If that number was a nat'l per capita, it would mean $94 BILLION stolen. Car theft is like $6.5 billion a year. Does you local police dept have a wage theft unit? commongoodiowa.org/policy-areas/j…
New report: Each year, employers rob Iowa workers of over $900 million in owed but unpaid wages, harming 1 in every 7 workers. Altogether, wage theft costs Iowans 10x more than all other theft combined. Iowa can and must do more to protect workers. commongoodiowa.org/policy-areas/j…
There are thousands of police officers and sheriffs throughout Iowa, but just 2 state employees to investigate wage theft cases. This is backwards — wage theft costs Iowans 10x more than all other theft combined.
For every thousand dollars in wages stolen, government agencies recover just $2. That's a recovery rate of less than 1%. Iowa Workforce Development needs to do more to stop wage theft, and Iowa legislators must make this a priority next session.
For every thousand dollars in wages stolen, government agencies recover just $2. That's a recovery rate of less than 1%. Iowa Workforce Development needs to do more to stop wage theft, and Iowa legislators must make this a priority next session.
Today @CommonGoodIowa released A Heist in Plain Sight: Wage theft in Iowa, reporting that employers steal wages from 1 in 7 Iowa workers to the tune of $900 million per year. That's an average of $300 a week for 250,000 Iowans. bit.ly/3VjcVhk
Today @CommonGoodIowa released A Heist in Plain Sight: Wage theft in Iowa, reporting that employers steal wages from 1 in 7 Iowa workers to the tune of $900 million per year. That's an average of $300 a week for 250,000 Iowans. bit.ly/3VjcVhk
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