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A tight labor market and state minimum wage increases boosted low-end wage growth between 2019 and 2023
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A record-breaking recovery for Black and Hispanic workers: Prime-age employment rates have hit an all-time high alongside tremendous wage growth
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Loc-ing students out: Darryl George, the CROWN Act, and the need to combat racial discrimination in the classroom
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Fastest wage growth over the last four years among historically disadvantaged groups: Low-wage workers’ wages surged after decades of slow growth
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Gender wage gap persists in 2023: Women are paid roughly 22% less than men on average
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The soft bigotry of high expectations: To combat the Black-white school achievement gap, remedy persistent segregation, don’t hope for miracle teachers
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Twenty-two states will increase their minimum wages on January 1, raising pay for nearly 10 million workers
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Native American child poverty more than doubled in 2022 after safety net cutbacks: Child poverty rate is higher than before the pandemic
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The school bus driver shortage remains severe: Without job quality improvements, workers, children, and parents will suffer
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The strong labor market recovery has helped Hispanic workers, but the end of economic relief measures has worsened income and poverty disparities
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Rooted in racism and economic exploitation: The failed Southern economic development model
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Despite a strong labor market, the choice to allow pandemic-era public assistance programs to expire increased poverty across all racial groups in 2022
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A history of the federal minimum wage: 85 years later, the minimum wage is far from equitable
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Chasing the dream of equity: How policy has shaped racial economic disparities
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Unions promote racial equity
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The CROWN Act: A jewel for combating racial discrimination in the workplace and classroom
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The equalizing effect of strong labor markets: Explaining the disproportionate rise in the Black employment-to-population ratio
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Keeping wealth in the family: The role of ‘heirs property’ in eroding Black families’ wealth
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The Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action means colleges will struggle to meet goals of diversity and equal opportunity
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How state policies that censor race and gender discussions in classrooms maintain economic inequality: Florida has adopted particularly dangerous laws to limit academic freedom
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Broad child poverty data for the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander population don’t tell the whole economic story
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Class of 2023: Young workers have experienced strong wage growth since 2020
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Class of 2023: Young adults are graduating into a strong labor market
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Don’t let businesses off the hook: The government’s role in creating segregation does not exonerate the private sector
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EPI’s comments on initial proposals for updating race and ethnicity statistical standards
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Gender wage gap widens even as low-wage workers see strong gains: Women are paid roughly 22% less than men on average
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Low-wage workers have seen historically fast real wage growth in the pandemic business cycle: Policy investments translate into better opportunities for the lowest-paid workers
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Two years later, American Rescue Plan funds are still a transformative resource: State and local governments—particularly in the South—should invest unspent funds in workers, families, and communities
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Five principles for making state and local reparations plans reparative
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The Supreme Court is poised to strike down affirmative action and student loan forgiveness: These decisions would threaten college enrollment and completion for students of color