Since then, Bernstein has spent much of his career evangelizing that message from within progressive think tanks—first at the Economic Policy Institute during the “big government is over” ’90s, and now at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, where he is a senior fellow. In 2016, Politico named him one of the 50 “thinkers” transforming American politics. He came in at No. 21. Madeleine Albright, Lena Dunham, and Gloria Steinem tied for No. 22.
The Atlantic
October 30, 2020
Experts attribute the divide to a “double wage gap” whereby Latinas are subjected to both gender and ethnic bias, crippling upward mobility and limiting earnings to an average of 55 cents on the dollar compared to white men. According to the Economic Policy Institute, while the types of occupation and lack of education remain critical factors, even when accounting for those factors, in addition to experience and location, Latinas are still vastly underpaid compared to their white male colleagues across professions.
In the Know
October 30, 2020
The Economic Policy Institute reported that Hispanic women are subject to a double pay gap — the first one is ethnic pay, which means they are getting less money just because they are Latinas. The other gap is the gender pay gap; they earn less because they are females.
Hola!
October 30, 2020
The pandemic hit retail, restaurants and hotels hard, which has a disproportionate impact on women and Black and Latino populations research has shown, further exacerbating the wage gap for Latinas, according to NWLC. But the wage gap is also affecting Latina workers in professions critical to COVID-19 recovery such as doctors and nurses, according to an Oct. 28 report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Latinas in these occupations, on average, earn 6% to 32% less than White men. The wage gap is highest among doctors and surgeons. Latina physicians are paid 68% of the average hourly wage of non-Hispanic White male doctors (a difference of $20.46 per hour), according to the report.
HR Dive
October 30, 2020
AUSTIN (KXAN) — For every dollar a white, non-Hispanic male makes, Latinas are paid 55 cents. Latinas have to work almost 11 additional months into the next year to be paid as much as their white male counterparts for doing the same exact job, according to the economic policy institute.
KXAN
October 30, 2020
When hundreds of thousands of people are falling behind on bills or making those household budget compromises, the ripple effect is far-reaching said Heidi Shierholz, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.
“It’s really bad for the economy, but it does seem like there’s very little chance anything will happen before the election,” Shierholz said.
KJZZ
October 30, 2020
Trump also appears unconcerned with the record number of Americans who lost their jobs in the pandemic shutdown, except for the fact that their losses ruined a jobs streak that occurred on his watch. This is of a piece with his administration. The president has repeatedly claimed to have created gains in manufacturing positions, even though experts say he did no such thing. In a report released this summer, the Economic Policy Institute flatly declared, “offshoring and the loss of manufacturing plants have continued under Trump.” The stock market has been falling, and the Dow Jones industrial average fell by more than 1,500 points in the past week. Trump, who forever boasts when markets are on the rise, is silent.
Washington Post
October 30, 2020
The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute said workplace democracy and ability of working people to unionize was key to protect their rights.
Thompson Reuters
October 30, 2020
A report by the Economic Policy Institute published in August contradicted his claims, however. It found that far from reenergizing the so-called Rust Belt — former industrial areas of the northeastern US that had seen a sharp economic decline since the 1990s — more manufacturing jobs left the US than were created during Trump’s first two years in office.
Indian Express
October 30, 2020