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• How Trump’s tariffs affect your money

  Trump’s original tariffs were in effect well before shock waves from the COVID-19 pandemic caused inflation to soar. The Economic Policy Institute estimated in January 2022 — a time when inflation was still skyrocketing — that removing the tariffs would have offset no more than 7.2% of the run-up in consumer prices.

  Yahoo Finance | July 10, 2025
• Disinvestment In The Public Sector Will Disproportionately Impact Black Women

  New research found that the efforts by the Trump administration and Congress to cut the federal workforce, funding to states, and public services will disproportionately harm Black women who hold many of these jobs. 

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, jobs in the public sector are not only a key driver of economic growth but also increase the quality of life, especially in the South. Jobs in the public sector are represented at the federal, state, and local levels, impacting education for children, caring for the elderly, ensuring that vulnerable communities have access to quality water and food, and many other essential services.

  Black Enterprise | July 10, 2025
• How new funding for ICE might impact immigration enforcement

  NPR speaks with the Economic Policy Institute’s Daniel Costa about the large amount of additional funds allocated to ICE in the tax and spending bill and how it might impact immigration enforcement.

  NPR Morning Edition | July 10, 2025
• Opinion

  Some groups, like the Economic Policy Institute, continue to argue that unions are still the best way to lift the middle class, reduce inequality and boost prosperity. But the evidence tells a different story. When unions push for contracts that go beyond what the market will bear, companies struggle, and workers — like those at UPS — can end up worse off.

  Washington Times | July 10, 2025
• The Big Beautiful Bill’s Murky Border Security Spending

  “It’s turbocharging the amount of funding for immigration enforcement,” Daniel Costa, director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, told The Dispatch. “The government spends about $30 billion a year on immigration enforcement. … Then you multiply that by five.”

  The Dispatch | July 10, 2025
• The AI Talent Race Heats Up

  880,000: That’s how many Americans got a pay raise on July 1 as Alaska, Oregon, Washington, D.C. and 12 other cities and counties raised their minimum wages, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

  Forbes | July 10, 2025
• Tom Zirpoli: Republicans make their priorities clear

  I’ve always maintained that to understand the values of a political party, look at its budget proposals. Never has this been truer than in the past week when Republicans passed their new budget, endorsed by President Donald Trump.

  As Josh Bivens, chief economist at the Economic Policy Institute, stated, the Republican budget essentially dismisses any idea that the Republican Party is the party of the working class. [Paywall]. 

  Baltimore Sun | July 10, 2025

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