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• Autopsy Results: Why the Democrats Lost in 2024—And How to Start Winning Again

  As the Economic Policy Institute documented, voters supported progressive and economic populist ballot measures nationwide:

  Common Dreams | December 12, 2025
• As Authoritarianism Grows, Psychologists Must Not Be Silent

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  [24] McNicholas, C., Poydock, M., & Sanders, S. (July 10, 2025). “Trump’s Department of Labor is dismantling key workplace protections.” Economic Policy Institute.

  Counterpunch | December 12, 2025
• Roundup: Jobless claims jump last week; Plight of low-income earners; and US job openings remain flat

  Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, said there are three major takeaways from this week’s JOLTS: the rate of hiring continues to be low; the rate of those quitting is the nation’s lowest since 2014, and layoffs are up slightly. The nation’s unemployment rate “can quickly spike” if layoffs continue rolling in and employers slow down their hiring, Gould said in a social media post.

  “Not only will the unemployment rate spike if layoffs continue to rise as hiring remains depressed, but it may explain why the young adult unemployment has been rising as it becomes increasingly difficult to break into the labor market as employers and workers sit tight under economic uncertainty,” Gould said.

  Homes.com | December 12, 2025
• East Greenbush superintendent starts driving a school bus due to driver shortage

  Nationally, school bus driver staffing levels are nearly 10% lower than they were in 2019, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute. Many of those drivers were retirees, and many quit when the coronavirus pandemic-era shutdowns began. Replacing them has proven difficult.

  Albany Times Union | December 12, 2025
• 7 things boomers do in restaurants that servers immediately judge them for

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, tipped workers face higher rates of poverty than other workers. Tips aren’t optional extras. They’re how servers survive.

  VegOut Magazine | December 12, 2025
• Opinion: The truth about immigrants in CT and everywhere

  In October 2024 the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, called immigration a source of strength for the U.S. economy. EPI said immigration has great potential to boost the economy even more. “It is crystal clear that immigration expands U.S. gross domestic product and is good for growth. And immigration overall has led to better, not worse, wages and work opportunities for U.S.-born workers.” said the EPI researchers. 

  Hartford Courant | December 12, 2025
• 72% of people say they’d be happier if they saved or invested more money. Far fewer said spending more would bring happiness.

  Data from the Economic Policy Institute show that from 1979 to 2023, the share of all wages held by the bottom 90% by income fell by 9.1 percentage points.

  MarketWatch | December 12, 2025

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