It all goes hand-in-hand with economic subjugation, which is meant to withhold from black Americans the “absolute equality of rights and rights of property” promised on Juneteenth 1865. As the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) reported in 2015, the United States “has a dual criminal justice system that has helped to maintain the economic and social hierarchy in America, based on the subjugation of blacks … public policy, criminal justice actors, society and the media, and criminal behavior have all played roles in creating what sociologist Loic Wacquant calls the hyperincarceration of black men.”
Enid News & Eagle
June 22, 2020
While affluent Americans have been able to work from home and continue to earn a living during the pandemic, many in the African American community haven’t been able to do so. The Economic Policy Institute found that less than one-in-five black workers are able to work from home, compared to roughly one-in-three white workers.
The Hill
June 22, 2020
A recent report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found black and Hispanic workers are disproportionately affected by the pandemic, facing greater economic and health insecurity than white workers.
The Caswell Messenger
June 22, 2020
Researchers at the Economic Policy Institute say nationwide, job losses remain at historic levels, with more than one in five workers either relying on unemployment benefits or still waiting for their claims to be processed.
Public News Service
June 22, 2020
HOUSE EDUCATION PANEL TO DISCUSS INEQUITIES, COVID-19 TODAY: The House Education and Labor Committee today will hold a hearing on “Inequities Exposed: How COVID-19 Widened Racial Inequities in Education, Health, and the Workforce.” It starts at noon and can be watched via Webex.
— Members will hear from: Camara P. Jones, adjunct professor at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University; Valerie Rawlston Wilson, director of the Economic Policy Institute’s program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy; Avik Roy, president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity; and John B. King Jr., president of The Education Trust and former Education secretary under President Barack Obama.
Politico Morning Education
June 22, 2020
Heidi Shierholz, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, suggested that the total number of workers currently receiving benefits or waiting for them is probably close to 34.5 million.
Politico Morning Shift
June 22, 2020
Lawmakers will hear from Camara P. Jones, adjunct professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University; Valerie Rawlston Wilson, director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy at the Economic Policy Institute; Avik Roy, co-founder and president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity; and John B. King, Jr., president and CEO of The Education Trust.
PBS Newshour
June 22, 2020
Health care jobs can be dangerous in the midst of a pandemic, and some of those workers might have chosen to protect their safety by switching jobs or staying home, said Elise Gould, a senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute and coauthor of a study on black workers in the pandemic.
Stateline
June 22, 2020
Another idea: The Fed could “lower interest rates on loans offered to state and local governments, extend these loans’ maturities, and make them more broadly available to cities and counties,” Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank, wrote in a blog post earlier this month.
CNN Business
June 22, 2020
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 Press-Enterprise
June 22, 2020