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• How many Americans are unemployed? It’s likely a lot more than 10 million

  Shierholz, the former Labor Department economist, says she thinks the best answer to how many people are still affected economically by the pandemic is 25.5 million.

  Washington Post | February 19, 2021
• America Are We Ready for the First 100 Days?: Economic Recovery

  U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D KY 3rd, Louisville), chair of the House Budget Committee; then William Spriggs, Howard University economics professor, chief economist to the AFL-CIO, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy (2009-2012) and Thea Lee, president of the Economic Policy Institute

  WNYC | February 19, 2021
• Democrats, Liberal Groups Push to Boost IRS Audits of the Rich and Corporations

  The letter from 88 groups was organized by the Center for American Progress, Public Citizen and Americans for Tax Fairness. It was signed by the AFL-CIO and other unions and by think tanks including the Economic Policy Institute and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

  The Fiscal Times | February 19, 2021
• Higher minimum wage is something to welcome, not fear

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, nearly 31 percent of Black workers and 26 percent of Latinx workers would immediately benefit with an increase to $15 an hour. Increasing the minimum wage advances the cause of racial justice.

  Boston Globe | February 19, 2021
• How family sustaining jobs can power an inclusive recovery in America’s regional economies

  Source: Brookings analysis of American Community Survey 2019 data and Economic Policy Institute Family Budget Calculator data.

  Brookings Institution | February 19, 2021
• McCormick slams CBO minimum wage study

  “Raising the minimum wage would amount to a significant reduction in the deficit, according to studies done by the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics and the Economic Policy Institute,” said McCormick.

  NJ Today | February 19, 2021
• Minimum-wage workers and activists say $15 an hour is a moral and economic imperative

  “The evidence is clear that minimum wage increases overwhelmingly benefit the low-wage workforce,” economist Ben Zipperer of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) wrote in an email to Insider.

  Business Insider | February 19, 2021

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