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• Racism in America: Police Chokehold is Not the Issue

  According to Valerie Wilson from the Economic Policy Institute, in 2018, a median Black worker only earned about 75 percent of what a White person does (USD 14.92 per hour to USD 19.79), and The Economist reported that in 2019 mean household wealth was USD 138,000 for Blacks, and USD 933,700 for Whites. While more than 72 percent of Whites own homes usually in nice neighbourhoods, only 42 percent of Blacks do so usually in shabbier environments. Unemployment rates are typically twice that of Whites.

  The Daily Star June 26, 2020
• ‘There’s no discipline to his strategy’: Trump is undermining his own campaign

  “Without a doubt, Indian nationals are likely to be the most impacted group when it comes to H-1B,” said Daniel Costa, director of immigration and law policy research at the Economic Policy Institute.

  Politico June 26, 2020
• Coronavirus is a childcare crisis that could wipe out women’s progress toward equality

  Virtually everyone is struggling in the pandemic, but child care shows us how unevenly the challenges fall. Women are hit harder than men. Black women and other women of color are hit harder than white women. And if it doesn’t get fixed, the consequences will be dire. “We need to stabilize the childcare system or we won’t have a robust economic recovery,” said Rep. Suzanne Bonamici. “Not getting this stuff in place will mean women will be the ones who are more likely to have to stay home,” said the Economic Policy Institute’s Heidi Shierholz—and if women who have previously worked are pushed to stay home while hundreds of thousands of jobs disappear from an industry dominated by women and with many many Black, Asian, and Latina workers, decades of efforts toward equality get wiped out.

  Daily Kos June 26, 2020
• 10 Movies Dealing With Racial Injustice That All Entrepreneurs Can Learn From

  Deeper dive: The film’s blistering depiction of growing up in inner-city Los Angeles raises questions about the impacts of growing up in economically challenged areas, which the Economic Policy Institute has examined. If you want to know more about the backstory and what went into the making of Boyz n the Hood, which Singleton directed when he was just 23 years old, watch the documentary Friendly Fire: Making an Urban Legend.

  Entrepreneur June 26, 2020
• 3-pronged crisis disproportionately impacts low-income workers

  A recent report by the Economic Policy Institute stated that “African Americans have disproportionately high COVID-19 death rates and are more likely to live in areas experiencing outbreaks.”  Deaths of blacks from COVID through May 13, 2020 represent 22.4% of all deaths while black Americans represent just 12.5% of the population.

  The Orange County Register June 26, 2020
• After Attacking Medicare for All as ‘Unrealistic’ During Primary, Biden Says Healthcare a ‘Right for All’ Amid Pandemic

  Thomas Kennedy, Florida state coordinator for the immigrant rights group United We Dream, suggested expanding the popular Medicare program to cover all Americans would be an effective lifeline for the 43 million people who could lose their employer-based health insurance during the pandemic, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

  Common Dreams June 26, 2020
• Americans ‘are paying the price’ for shoddy coronavirus response, doctor says

  According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), people of color — which includes Blacks, Latinos, and Asians, account for 43% of all essential workers, even though they make up only 39.1% of the population.

  Yahoo Finance June 26, 2020
• BALDWIN, VAN HOLLEN, POCAN, & COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BICAMERAL WORK SHARE PROPOSAL TO HELP EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS WEATHER COVID-19 ECONOMIC STORM

  This legislation is supported by a broad coalition of organizations, including: AFL-CIO, Main Street Alliance, National Employment Law Project, Economic Policy Institute, National Women’s Law Center, Common Defense, Center for American Progress, American Sustainable Business Council, MomsRising, Communication Workers of America, United Steelworkers, and American Federation of Teachers.

  Sen. Tammy Baldwin June 26, 2020
• Big Short on Malls Is the Only Distressed Game in Town

  The Economic Policy Institute’s Josh Bivens wrote in a blog post this month that the Fed’s actions during this crisis came “mostly at the expense of financial predators,” citing Carnival Corp.’s huge bond sale earlier this year as an example:

  Bloomberg June 26, 2020
• Black Workers’ Jobs Matter

  These are also relatively good-paying jobs for Black workers since they face less wage discrimination in the public sector than in the private sector. An analysis from the Economic Policy Institute found that Black workers’ earnings amounted to only 87.1% of white workers’ earnings in the private sector, when controlling for age, education and other factors. By contrast, in the public sector, Black workers earned 97.8% as much as their white counterparts.

  Counterpunch June 26, 2020