“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
“Unfortunately, more trouble is on the horizon as coronavirus cases continue to rise, states begin to re-shutter, and unemployed workers face further economic devastation when the unemployment insurance enhancements expire on July 25,” Elise Gould, a senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute, wrote in a blog post. “Without further aid to workers and their families as well as state and local governments, the economic pain will be with us for a very long time.”
Colorado stands to lose more than 66,898 jobs over the coming year if the extra $600 a week that the federal government is providing to unemployed workers and contractors goes away completely, according to an analysis from the EPI.
The Denver Post
July 13, 2020
Last week, United Airlines said it may be forced to furlough as many as 36,000 workers, or about 45 percent of its workforce. According to an estimate from the left-leaning think tank the Economic Policy Institute, up to 17.6 million Americans “probably won’t return” to their pre-crisis jobs.
Fox Business
July 13, 2020
In many states, the percentage of Hispanics contracting the virus has been on the rise. Only 16.2% of Hispanics can work from home – the lowest of any ethnic or racial classification – putting them at greater risk for exposure to the coronavirus, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Albuquerque Journal
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
Nationally, the extra $600 in weekly benefits raised incomes by an annualized $842 billion in May, the Economic Policy Institute recently reported.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
July 13, 2020
And finding teachers to go into classrooms to help improve our outcomes is becoming increasingly hard. In the words of a recent study by the Economic Policy Institute, “the teacher shortage is real, large and growing, and worse than we thought,” as young people are both avoiding and fleeing the profession due to low pay and poor working conditions.
Thomson Reuters Foundation News
July 13, 2020