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• Trump’s Economic Policies Will Hurt Working Women

  But in Trump's first term, he ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to not collect pay and hours data linked to sex, race, and ethnicity. The Economic Policy Institute said this would make it "harder for employers and federal agencies to identify pay disparities and root out employment discrimination." The decision was initially reversed by the courts, but the Trump Administration still later stopped collecting the data.

  Forbes | October 9, 2024
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/live-updates-dangerous-hurricane-milton-threatens-florida-coast-as-category-4-storm/ar-AA1rSu91?ocid=Peregrine

  “Right now, our community is getting prepared for Milton,” Yesica Ramírez, general coordinator for the Farmworker Association of Florida, said through a translator.

  Farmworkers, among the nation’s most poorly paid workers, look for the cheapest and most affordable housing option they can — usually mobile homes, she said. Farmworkers earn about 40 percent less in hourly pay as nonagricultural workers in comparable jobs, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.

  The Washington Post | October 9, 2024
• Commentary: Things people believe that are not true — Arnold J. Oliver

  But wait, there is more. There is also a stark difference between Democratic and Republican administrations when it comes to growing the economy. Over the past 75 years, Democrats have been much more successful in increasing the Gross Domestic Product and wages, and reducing the rate of unemployment, according to the Economic Policy Institute and many other analysts. 

  Journal Courier | October 9, 2024
• How Nebraska Voters Are Organizing to Block School Privatization

  “We have yet to see any study that shows the school vouchers are really moving the needle in terms of student achievement,” Hilary Wething, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, told MPU. “In fact, the studies on vouchers show that students tend to achieve less going into voucher programs.” 

  More Perfect Union | October 9, 2024
• Trump is falsely blaming Harris for high prices. His plans will cause huge inflation

  There was another important factor behind inflation. Many corporations took advantage of the situation by raising prices far higher than necessary. This “greedflation” jacked up corporate profits while hammering consumers. The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive thinktank, said these moves to boost corporate profits caused one-third of the growth in prices since the pandemic began.

  The Guardian | October 9, 2024
• Opinion

  The median household income for 2023 was $80,610, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But county-by-county cost-of-living estimates developed by the organization I run, Living Wage For Us, in partnership with the Economic Policy Institute, show that 92 percent of Americans reside in a place where $80,610 a year for a family of four is not enough to make ends meet.

  Newsweek | October 9, 2024
• Former lawmaker returns 20 years later to challenge GOP incumbent in Chippewa Valley

  Child care deserts exist across 70% of rural Wisconsin, according to a 2021 report from the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association. The Economic Policy Institute found that a typical family in Wisconsin would have to spend a third of its income on child care for an infant and a 4-year-old. 

  Civic Media | October 9, 2024

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