While the discussion would have been important in more typical times, the COVID-19 pandemic arguably has made it even more important. As researchers at organizations like the Economic Policy Institute have outlined, Black workers make up a disproportionate number of essential workers, putting them at greater risk of contracting the virus (and as a result, dying from it).
Alliance for American Manufacturing
September 15, 2020
Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, spoke to USA Today, and shared some professional insight on the matter. “All of this confusion just makes for more administrative burdens at a time when people are going longer without benefits, living standards are declining and poverty is rising after millions lost their jobs through no fault of their own from the pandemic,” Shierholz said. It is currently unknown how unemployment recipients would pay the money back if formally expected to.
Pop Culture
September 15, 2020
“The same children whose educations were most disrupted and learning interrupted from March to June are now least likely to have the face-to-face interactions and personalized supports they need to regain lost ground,” said economist Emma García, who co-wrote a report released last week on COVID-19-related inequities for the Economic Policy Institute, based in Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles Times
September 15, 2020
According to the Economic Policy Institute, upward of six million workers have lost employer-provided health insurance since the pandemic began. Since most workers have families, the total number of people who’ve lost coverage likely exceeds double that, or more than 12 million.
The American Prospect
September 15, 2020
It’s no secret that wage and productivity growth began decoupling in the 1970s. Charts like this one from the Economic Policy Institute have been ubiquitous in progressive economic policy debates since the Great Recession:
New York Magazine
September 15, 2020
“As jobs are coming back they’re disproportionately going to white people,” said Heidi Shierholz, director of policy at the progressive Economic Policy Institute.
Huffington Post
September 15, 2020
According to the Economic Policy Institute, upward of six million workers have lost employer-provided health insurance since the pandemic began. Since most workers have families, the total number of people who’ve lost coverage likely exceeds double that, or more than 12 million.
The American Prospect
September 15, 2020
It’s no secret that wage and productivity growth began decoupling in the 1970s. Charts like this one from the Economic Policy Institute have been ubiquitous in progressive economic policy debates since the Great Recession:
New York Magazine
September 15, 2020