“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
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
“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
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 16, 2020
July 24 marks 11 years — the longest stretch without an increase since the federal wage was enacted in 1938. The federal law applies if the state does not have its own minimum wage law. Since the last increase to the federal minimum wage, the value of that money has not kept pace. For example, the federal minimum wage in 1968 is equivalent to $10.54 in recent dollars, according to a 2019 analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
July 16, 2020
The combination of “just-in-time” scheduling and racial disparities in employment outcomes are connected with racial differences in wealth, said Jhacova Williams, an economist at the think tank Economic Policy Institute not involved in the study.
“If you’re not working the amount of hours that you need to work, that means that you have low wages,” Williams said. “So how do you build wealth if you have lower wages?”
Bloomberg
July 16, 2020