The country’s failure to adequately fund anti-poverty initiatives is — no surprise — pushing more children into poverty. A 2014 report from the Economic Policy Institute finds a direct link between poverty rates and investment in such programs; the United States, which spends the third-lowest share of GDP on social programs, has the second-highest child poverty rate among developed countries.
Central Maine
October 7, 2019
Last year, U.S. median household income rose .9%, to $63,179 and is up .4% since 2007, according to the recent Economic Policy Institute’s 2018 Income and Poverty report.
Herald Tribune
October 7, 2019
Workers in the Boston area began their strike on Aug. 29 after Republic refused to agree to a contract with a livable wage and affordable health care. On average, the striking sanitation workers are paid 40 percent below what it takes to make a living wage in Massachusetts for a family with one adult and one child, according to the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator as reported in the Teamsters 25 news release.
Renton Reporter
October 7, 2019
This situation creates a crisis, one that’s already upon us but can get a lot worse. “The shortage constitutes a crisis because of its negative effects on students, teachers, and the education system at large,” write researchers at the Economic Policy Institute. But we can trace the impact of the crisis even further. Of course there are parents who want the best for their kids and don’t have the money to pay for private school, too. And then there’s the glaring fact that no institution in our society is made better off by the deterioration of the public education system. Where will people receive the training to participate as full members of society? If it metastasizes, this problem is eventually going to affect everybody, not just teachers themselves.
Jacobin
October 7, 2019
On average, K-12 public school teachers spend about $459 per year on school supplies, according to a recent analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank in Washington, D.C., that analyzes U.S. working conditions. Washington teachers shell out slightly more at $464, the report said.
Seattle Times
October 7, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute has also weighed in, stating earlier this year, “The teacher shortage is real, large and growing, and worse than we thought.”
Michigan Capitol Confidential
October 7, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute has also weighed in, stating earlier this year, “The teacher shortage is real, large and growing
WBCK 95.3
October 7, 2019
“One thing is clear, we are not in a recession right now,” said Heidi Shierholz, a labor market economist with the Economic Policy Institute. Even if monthly gains slowed to 90,000, she noted that would still be enough to continue bringing down the overall unemployment rate.
“The labor market is strong,” Shierholz continued. September marked the 19th consecutive month where unemployment has been at or below 4%. “But the slowdown is disturbing. It is severe in manufacturing and we are generally seeing a slowdown in areas more broadly than manufacturing.”
WJLA
October 7, 2019
According to a recent study by the Economic Policy Institute and UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, child care workers in California are barely making ends meet.
Asian Journal
October 7, 2019