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• Biden Can Fix the Anti-Worker H-1B Immigration Visa Scam

  Ron Hira is an associate professor of political science at Howard University. He is also a research associate with the Economic Policy Institute. He has written widely on high-skilled immigration, offshoring, and the decline of the middle class. Daniel Costa is an attorney and the director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, and is a visiting scholar with the Global Migration Center at the University of California, Davis. He researches and writes about US and global labor migration.

  Jacobin March 25, 2022
• Nearly one-third of American workers make less than $15 an hour, study finds

  There are various analyses of how many people earn less than $15 an hour. The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute last year that 22 million people would see a boost in pay if the federal minimum wage was raised to $15 an hour in 2025 under the Raise the Wage Act.

  CNN March 25, 2022
• March 25, 2022
  March 25, 2022
• 7 Practical Tips To Fight Inflation And The People Who Exacerbate It

  Instead of offering helpful tips, Teresa Ghilarducci, the author of the article who also happens to serve on the board of the leftist think tank the Economic Policy Institute, recommended that Americans who make less than $300,000 annually eat lentils and stop paying medical bills for beloved pets to deal with government-caused price hikes.

  The Federalist March 25, 2022
• Biden Can Fix the Anti-Worker H-1B Immigration Visa Scam

  Ron Hira is an associate professor of political science at Howard University. He is also a research associate with the Economic Policy Institute. He has written widely on high-skilled immigration, offshoring, and the decline of the middle class. Daniel Costa is an attorney and the director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, and is a visiting scholar with the Global Migration Center at the University of California, Davis. He researches and writes about US and global labor migration.

  Jacobin March 24, 2022
• “Lunch Ladies” Are Tired of Being Underpaid and Overlooked

  In return, cafeteria staff bring home some of the lowest earnings of the generally underpaid K–12 workforce. David Cooper, who directs the Economic Policy Institute’s Economic Analysis and Research Network, told Jacobin that his team estimates that school nutrition workers were paid an hourly median of $12.32 between 2014 and 2019, calculated in 2020 dollars. 

  Jacobin March 18, 2022
• Senate Passes Critical Postal Service Bill–Is It Enough?

  Features Monique discussing USPS reform bill.

  Free Speech TV March 18, 2022
• ‘Women were hard hit, and women of color were hit even harder’: On Equal Pay Day, how the pandemic impacted the gender wage gap

  That troubles Elise Gould, a senior economist with the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. “You can’t explain it away,” she says of the disparities across many sectors. Gould says she’s encouraged by the fact that women today are better educated, as women continue to outpace men in college enrollment. But she adds that it doesn’t necessarily translate into bigger paychecks for women. “They’re not seeing the returns in the labor market,” she says.

  MarketWatch March 18, 2022
• Education secretary calls culture of doing ‘more with less’ in schools ‘unacceptable’
  • Teachers spend an average of $450 a year of their own money on school supplies, according to Economic Policy Institute.
  The Hill March 18, 2022
• Discovery CEO is paid 3,000 times more than his typical employee
  Median CEO pay in 2020 came in 351 times higher than the typical worker’s, according to the Economic Policy Institute (paywall).
  Crain’s New York Business March 18, 2022