In 2018, the average income for a white household in the US was $70,642, compared with $41,692 for African American families, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank.
Agence France Press (AFP)
June 3, 2020
In 2018, the budget for labor standards enforcement was only $2 billion, according to an analysis by Daniel Costa with the Economic Policy Institute.
In the report, Costa concludes: “A comparative analysis of 2018 federal budget data reveals that detaining, deporting and prosecuting migrants, and keeping them from entering the country, is the top law enforcement priority of the United States – but protecting workers in the U.S. labor market and ensuring that their workplaces are safe and that they get paid for every cent they earn is barely an afterthought.”
SF Gate
June 3, 2020
Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, said she can “think of only one word” to describe the current economy: “devastation.”
“I try to come up with another word, but ‘devastation’ — the loss to the economy and jobs and the loss to the people,” Gould said, “and the amount of pain that is causing to people.”
Catholic News Service
June 3, 2020
And while D.C. is renowned for its universal pre-K program, which began in 2009, raising children in D.C. is still incredibly difficult for families, with a top barrier being the cost of childcare. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the average annual cost of infant care in D.C is $24,243—or $2,020 per month.
Washington City Paper
June 3, 2020
Heidi Shierholz, director of policy at the progressive Economic Policy Institute and former chief economist at the Labor Department, told the committee that nearly 1 million government jobs at the state and local level have been lost already.
Roll Call
June 3, 2020
More than half of African Americans are now jobless.
Houston Chronicle
June 3, 2020
Those disparities exist because of a long history of policies that excluded and exploited black Americans, said Valerie Wilson, director of the program on race, ethnicity and the economy at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning group.
“Racial inequality has become so normalized in this society,” she said. “It’s what we expect to see. That’s the way it’s been for so long.”
CNN
June 3, 2020
Since black workers are already more likely to be unemployed than white workers, even with the same levels of education, they typically suffer disproportionately during an economic downturn, said Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-of-center, labor-focused think tank. We’re already seeing evidence of that trend playing out this time around.
MarketWatch
June 3, 2020
The housing conditions for black Americans also leave them more exposed to contracting coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Only 54.5% of African-American households live in single-family homes, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute, compared with 74.5% of white households.
MarketWatch
June 3, 2020