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• Closing the gap: housing discrimination in the United States

  Richard Rothstein: author, “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.”

  NPR July 20, 2020
• Second stimulus check likely to exclude millions with ‘arbitrary’ $1 trillion spending cap, experts say

  The push for stimulus checks amid a $1 trillion cap is a “real problem,” Josh Bivens, research director of the Economic Policy Institute, told Newsweek, “because they’re quite expensive.” Given the money checks eat up, he said it’s possible “higher priority” items, such as extending the unemployment expansion, could get “crowded out.”

  Newsweek July 20, 2020
• Today, thousands of food workers will walk off the job in a “Strike for Black Lives”

  Black people make up about one in nine workers overall, but about one in six essential workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank, due to their disproportionate presence in grocery stores, public transit, health care, social services, and other industries.

  The Counter July 20, 2020
• Challenging American apartheid, championing American decolonization—with love, and more

  Per the Economic Policy Institute, in 2019, black unemployment was at least twice as high as white unemployment in 14 states. Black unemployment is roughly 50% higher than that of whites.

  Boise Weekly July 20, 2020
• The end of child care as we know it

  Annual infant care is on average about $21,000, while care for a 4-year-old is around $15,000, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

  Daily Hampshire Gazette July 20, 2020
• Jobless Kansans foresee harder times ahead as federal aid nears an end

  On the other hand, according to the Economic Policy Institute, if the benefit is extended through July 2021, the state could see a boost of $2.6 billion, equivalent to 2.3% of its annual GDP.

  KMUW July 20, 2020
• $600 bump in jobless benefits to end; for CNY workers and employers, it’s a new world

  If that money were to disappear, so would the jobs that have been sustained by consumer spending. The Economic Policy Institute estimated that the additional $600 in unemployment benefits will allow 5.1 million workers across the nation to keep their jobs. That number is 463,000 in New York.

  Syracuse.com July 20, 2020
• More than half of Black-owned businesses may not survive COVID-19

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, “The disparate racial impact of the virus is deeply rooted in historic and ongoing social and economic injustices. Persistent racial disparities in health status, access to health care, wealth, employment, wages, housing, income, and poverty all contribute to greater susceptibility to the virus—both economically and physically.”

  National Geographic July 20, 2020
• ‘What’s going to give?’: millions fret as Republicans threaten to halt $600 weekly lifesaver

  Abruptly ending the expansion could cost 2 million jobs by the end of the year, economist Jason Furman warned a House committee in June. The Economic Policy Institute estimated 5 million jobs could be lost by July 2021 if it is cut.

  The Guardian July 20, 2020
• ‘I’m not crazy’: Why California Latinos carry more worries in pandemic and why many don’t get help

  A 2018 study published in the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, found that Hispanic men earned 15 percent less in hourly wages than non-Hispanic white men. Hispanic women made 33 percent less in hourly wages than non-Hispanic white men.

  Sacramento Bee July 20, 2020