Julianne Malveaux, president emerita of Bennett College for Women, is an economist and author and currently serves on the boards of the Economic Policy Institute, the Recreation Wish List Committee of Washington, DC, and the Liberian Education Trust. She is also president of PUSH Excel, the educational branch of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
NC Newsline
October 13, 2026
The year-over-year growth for private employees is 3.1%, according to the Economic Policy Institute’s nominal wage tracker. Over five years, this amounts to 15.5% which is far less than 39 Texas counties recently identified in a SmartAsset study where weekly wages have increased by 50% or more statewide.
MoneyLion
October 13, 2026
For example, a 2023 Economic Policy Institute report listed low wages — Mississippi uses the federal rate of $7.25 – alongside minimal business regulations or worker protections as contributing factors to Mississippi’s poverty rate.
Money Digest
October 13, 2026
In a 2020 report, the Economic Policy Institute found that 60 per cent of the H-1B positions certified by US Labour Department were assigned wages below the median for the job.
The Independent
October 13, 2026
Federal spending on the unrelenting mass deportation push is projected to cost $2,358 per U.S. taxpayer, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Minnesota Star Tribune
October 13, 2026
The loss comes at a time when Americans, regardless of financial status, are struggling to afford basic needs like groceries, rent, utilities and health care. Since 2019, at-home food costs have risen 33%. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the average cost of groceries per month for a single person in Franklin and Hamilton counties is more than $350. The average monthly SNAP benefit for an Ohio household is $191.
Columbus Dispatch
October 13, 2026
The same article cited issues with bus schedules and existing driver shortages. According to the Economic Policy Institute, there were more than 21,000 fewer bus drivers employed in August 2025 compared to six years earlier.
InvestigateTV
October 13, 2026
But the pay gap could change again if last year’s cuts to Medicaid and food assistance make it harder for families to find care for children and older relatives, or to keep the healthcare they need to keep working, said Ismael Cid-Martinez, an economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
“I want to be careful about not making too much out of one year,” Cid-Martinez said.
Investopedia
October 13, 2026
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was created during the Great Depression in the 1930s, when millions of Americans struggled to find work and support their families.
Seacoast Current
October 13, 2026
However, they can also apply to workers with less glamorous jobs. Non-competes have been weaponized in industries as varied as pest control technicians and fast-food workers at sandwich chain Jimmy John’s. One survey by the Economic Policy Institute found that about 29 percent of workplaces with an average wage of less than $13.00 an hour have non-compete requirements.
Inc.
October 13, 2026