According to the Economic Policy Institute, more than half of all Black children under age 19 rely on public health insurance like Medicaid. For some, this means coverage outside of school — doctor’s visits, prescriptions, and other care. But for many Black students in under-resourced schools, school is often the only place they can get health services at all.
The Atlanta Voice
November 3, 2025
The Trump administration could be attempting to replace many undocumented farmworkers with foreigners who spend just months at a time in the U.S., said Daniel Costa, a lead immigration researcher at the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute.
“Basically, they’re saying, ‘We want workers, but we don’t want people,’” he said.
Investigate Midwest
November 3, 2025
The suspension of SNAP, which provides food assistance to more than 40 million Americans, is likely to send shockwaves through the retail sector. “SNAP isn’t just social policy, it’s a critical driver of consumer spending,” said economist Ismael Martinez of the Economic Policy Institute. “Even a short disruption could lead to layoffs and reduced hours for grocery workers nationwide.”
El Diario
November 3, 2025
Typically, a downward adjustment is a sign that the board wants to encourage economic growth.
“I don’t think it will change the trajectory of the economy all that much,” said Josh Bivens, chief economist at the progressive-leaning Economic Policy Institute. Cuts “will not be any kind of game changer in the near term.”
Bivens, like other analysts interviewed by MSNBC, said he believes that the White House’s tariff policies are pushing prices higher. Five Senate Republicans on Tuesday voted to block Trump’s duty on Brazil in a rare rebuke of the president. Those levies, Biven said, are more likely to continue to drive costs going into next year, rather than the federal funds rate.
MSNBC.com
November 3, 2025
…share of the workforce, estimated at more than 37% in a 2020 Economic Policy Institute study. The other problem is age. [Paywall].
Des Moines Register
November 3, 2025
“If there’s some level of ultimate take-home pay that workers know they will accept to take a job, or to stay in a job … the wages needed to meet that level will have just gone down,” Economic Policy Institute president Heidi Shierholz told PBS [6].
MoneyWise
November 3, 2025
smael Martinez, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, told Newsweek that even a brief pause in payments could cause widespread “economic pain,” as SNAP plays a crucial role in supporting economically vulnerable families, children, and the broader economy.
“SNAP benefits make up about 8 percent of all retail spending on groceries–even a short interruption of this spending could lead to layoffs or other painful adjustments in this sector,” Martinez said, per Newsweek.
Afrotech
November 3, 2025
Labor advocates argue that raising the minimum wage is necessary given Connecticut’s high cost of living. According to the Economic Policy Institute, a living wage for a single adult with one child in Connecticut exceeds $36 per hour, well above the new minimum.
The Lakeville Journal (Connecticut)
November 3, 2025
The uncertainty within the federal government may also be contributing to the growing Black unemployment rate, according to a New York Times analysis. Over the past several months, the Black unemployment rate has climbed from 6% to 7%, while the white unemployment rate has dipped slightly to 3.7%.
“I think the speed at which things have changed, in such a dramatic fashion, is out of the ordinary,” Valerie Wilson, the director of the program on race, ethnicity, and the economy at the Economic Policy Institute, told the news organization. “There’s been such a rapid shift in policy, rather than something cyclical or structural about the economy.”
Capital B
November 3, 2025