Chandra Childers, a senior policy and economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, recently outlined the impact of Trump’s cuts and public sector disinvestment on Black women.
“The public sector includes workers in federal, state, and local government that we all rely on to educate children across the region, care for sick and elderly family members, ensure food and water are safe to consume, provide public transportation and sanitation services, and ensure access to a wide range of other public services,” wrote Childers. “The decline in public-sector job quality across the South disproportionately harms Black workers, especially Black women, their families, and communities.”
NewsOne
July 14, 2025
While undocumented immigrants greatly contribute to the Social Security system, it isn’t an uplifting talking point for immigrant advocates since these workers don’t get any benefits themselves, said Daniel Costa, director of Immigration Law and Policy Research at the Economic Policy Institute, in a 2019 Marketplace interview.
Marketplace
July 14, 2025
If President Donald Trump succeeds at deporting millions of people over the next four years, his administration will be responsible for destroying millions of jobs and inflicting “immense pain” on both U.S.-born and immigrant workers.
That’s according to a report published Thursday by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which bases its analysis on the Trump administration’s privately stated goal of deporting at least 1 million immigrants during the Republican president’s first year back in the White House.
Common Dreams
July 14, 2025
If successful, Trump’s goal of deporting 4 million people over four years will cost jobs held by both immigrants and U.S.-born workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
EPI’s analysis found California, Florida, New York and Texas will have the highest number of job losses, because of larger immigrant populations in those states. According to the analysis, Pennsylvania would see 65,00 immigrant job losses and 50,000 U.S.-born job losses.
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
July 14, 2025
Trump’s original tariffs were in effect well before shock waves from the COVID-19 pandemic caused inflation to soar. The Economic Policy Institute estimated in January 2022 — a time when inflation was still skyrocketing — that removing the tariffs would have offset no more than 7.2% of the run-up in consumer prices.
Yahoo Finance
July 14, 2025
New research found that the efforts by the Trump administration and Congress to cut the federal workforce, funding to states, and public services will disproportionately harm Black women who hold many of these jobs.
According to the Economic Policy Institute, jobs in the public sector are not only a key driver of economic growth but also increase the quality of life, especially in the South. Jobs in the public sector are represented at the federal, state, and local levels, impacting education for children, caring for the elderly, ensuring that vulnerable communities have access to quality water and food, and many other essential services.
Black Enterprise
July 14, 2025
NPR speaks with the Economic Policy Institute’s Daniel Costa about the large amount of additional funds allocated to ICE in the tax and spending bill and how it might impact immigration enforcement.
NPR Morning Edition
July 14, 2025
Some groups, like the Economic Policy Institute, continue to argue that unions are still the best way to lift the middle class, reduce inequality and boost prosperity. But the evidence tells a different story. When unions push for contracts that go beyond what the market will bear, companies struggle, and workers — like those at UPS — can end up worse off.
Washington Times
July 14, 2025
“It’s turbocharging the amount of funding for immigration enforcement,” Daniel Costa, director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, told The Dispatch. “The government spends about $30 billion a year on immigration enforcement. … Then you multiply that by five.”
The Dispatch
July 14, 2025
880,000: That’s how many Americans got a pay raise on July 1 as Alaska, Oregon, Washington, D.C. and 12 other cities and counties raised their minimum wages, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Forbes
July 14, 2025