Some employee groups have experienced hurdles to remote work, however. During the initial wave of response to the pandemic in March and April, more than half of knowledge workers surveyed by workforce management software firm Asana said they lacked access to a dedicated desk, personal computer, laptop or reliable internet connection. A March report from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found that smaller percentages of Hispanic or Latino and Black or African American workers were able to work from home compared to their Asian and white counterparts.
HR Dive
July 17, 2020
“Cutting the $600 cannot incentivize people to get jobs that aren’t there,” wrote Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. “The millions who will remain jobless after the extra $600 is cut off will have no choice but to drastically cut their spending, causing a sharp decline in their living standards, an increase in poverty, and completely unnecessary suffering.”
Courthouse News Service
July 17, 2020
Absent federal action, Wisconsin’s job losses could get even worse. A recent analysis conducted by the Economic Policy Institute estimates that without additional federal aid, Wisconsin will lose nearly 100,000 public and private jobs by the end of next year.
Urban Milwaukee
July 16, 2020
“Things are not getting much better economically,” said Julia Wolfe, an economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington. “Even though you’re seeing a small uptick in employment through the jobs report over the last two months, people are still experiencing devastating levels of unemployment.”
San Francisco Chronicle
July 16, 2020
By the end of July, Congress will have to decide whether or not to extend federal unemployment benefits to Americans impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Forbes reporters Jack Brewster and Sarah Hansen explain what is at stake and the arguments for and against increased spending. [Heidi is in video]
Forbes
July 16, 2020
*Sources*History – Brown v. Board of Education Re-enactment, United States Courts.*Brown v. Board of Education, The Civil Rights Movement: Volume I (Salem Press).Cass Sunstein, “Did Brown Matter?” The New Yorker, May 3, 2004.*Brown v. Board of Education, PBS.org.*Richard Rothstein, Brown v. Board at 60, Economic Policy Institute, April 17, 2014.*Citation Information*Article Title*Brown v. Board of Education*Author*History.com Editors*Website Name*HISTORY*URL*https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka*Access Date*July 3, 2020*Publisher*A&E Television Networks*Last Updated*April 8, 2020*Original Published Date*October 27, 2009*BY* HISTORY.COM EDITORS*jEANETTE PARKER*FOUNDER-SUPERINTENDENT*TODAY’S FRESH START CHARTER SCHOOLS*4514 crenshaw bl, la90043*www.todaysfreshstart.org. inquiring minds want to know©2020*www.askdrjeanetteparker.com tm
Los Angeles Sentinel
July 16, 2020
Furthermore, in 1965, a typical corporate CEO earned over twenty times more than a typical worker. By 2018, that ratio was 278:1, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank. Between 1978 and 2018, CEO compensation increased by more than 900 percent, while worker compensation increased by just 11.9 percent.
Council on Foreign Relations
July 16, 2020
“During this pandemic crisis, those who have been told they’re self employed, their employer hasn’t been paying into unemployment insurance or workers compensation or providing them with sick leave,” said Lawrence Mishel, a senior labor-market economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a pro-labor think tank.
Yakima Herald
July 16, 2020
Maintaining these jobs is particularly important for local communities because of the economic multiplier effect, said Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington. That $721 billion in public school spending in 2018 translated to about $1.08 trillion in direct GDP output, she calculates, not including the economic benefits of better-educated workers.
Reuters
July 16, 2020