That helps explain why housing segregation persists. As the Economic Policy Institute reviewed earlier this year, just 13 percent of white students attend a school that has a majority of Black students, while nearly seven in 10 Black students do.
VOX
July 13, 2020
These fact sheets are joint publications between the Center for American Progress; the American Federation of Teachers; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; the Economic Policy Institute; the National Education Association; and the Service Employees International Union.
Center for American Progress
July 13, 2020
The Biden picks tilted in an egalitarian direction as well, with the co-chair slot going to Representative Karen Bass from California, the current chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and a Congressional Progressive Caucus member. Biden’s five picks also included Jared Bernstein, a widely visible advocate for equity since his days at the Economic Policy Institute, and Lee Saunders, the president of one of the nation’s top public employee unions.
Inequality.org
July 13, 2020
Nationwide, the amount of jobs being recovered is still well below the pre-pandemic baseline. The Economic Policy Institute states there were 4.8 million jobs recovered in June on top of 2.7 million in May. But so many jobs were lost in March and April that the country is still 14.7 million jobs below where it was in February.
The week of June 29 marked “the 15th week in a row that unemployment claims have been more than twice the worst week of the Great Recession,” the authors state.
Snoqualmie Valley Record
July 13, 2020
The pandemic is as unlikely as the financial crisis to bring about a long-term reduction in executive pay. Research by the Economic Policy Institute shows that in the US, chief executive remuneration at the top 350 companies rose by more than half between 2009 and 2018 (this counts options as exercised; the proportion drops to 29 per cent if only options as granted are counted). At the same time, wages for the typical worker in a large firm grew by just 5 per cent.
Financial Times
July 13, 2020
Teachers now make 4.5 percent on average less than they did more than 10 years ago, according to the National Education Association, and public school teachers earn 17 percent less than what comparable workers earn, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
AlterNet
July 13, 2020
“The extra $600 in weekly benefits is getting a lot of attention right now. It’s set to expire at the end of this month. If that is allowed to expire, that will also cost millions of jobs because that money really is supporting the economy right now,” Shierholz said.
If the $600 weekly unemployment insurance increase is allowed to expire, the Economic Policy Institute explained how many jobs will it cost over the next year.
WSMV News 4
July 13, 2020
Other left-wing groups under Democracy Alliance’s umbrella that were awarded large PPP loans include: Catalist (between $350,000 and $1 million in loans), Faith in Action Network ($350,000 to $1 million), State Voices ($350,000 to $1 million), the Advancement Project ($1 to $2 million), American Constitution Society ($350,000 to $1 million), Economic Policy Institute ($350,000 to $1 million), National Employment Law Project ($350,000 to $1 million), the Roosevelt Institute ($350,000 to $1 million), State Innovation Exchange ($350,000 to $1 million), Faith in Public Life ($150,000 to $350,000), ProgressNow ($150,000 to $350,000), and the Movement Cooperative ($350,000 to $1 million).
Washington Free Beacon
July 13, 2020
An analysis by the Economic Policy Institute last year found that the unemployment rate among white and Black people was closer in South Carolina than many other states. It also showed the unemployment rate among Black residents improved by 8.2 percent from 2007 to 2019.
The Charleston Post and Courier
July 13, 2020