The cost of childcare now exceeds the price of college tuition in 38 states and Washington, according to an analysis conducted by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank.
Time Magazine
August 18, 2025
Advocacy groups like the Economic Policy Institute say Trump’s messaging makes clear “that he expects the BLS commissioner to only release data that shows the economy is booming—even if it means the data must be manipulated or changed by political appointees.”
Bloomberg Law
August 18, 2025
Immigration critics argue that an influx of foreign talent undercuts US wages and employment — and companies use the system to save money. However, many economic studies contradict this view. Research from the Economic Policy Institute, the Brookings Institution, and University of California Davis have consistently found that skilled immigrants create jobs, complement domestic talent, and boost innovation.
Information Week
August 18, 2025
For the average Texas family, child care is financially out of reach. The median annual cost sits at $10,706 a year — or $892 each month. That’s more than one-fourth of the average cost for in-state tuition at a four-year public college, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The Texas Tribune
August 18, 2025
And despite economic ups and downs over the decades, Social Security has never missed a payment, says the Economic Policy Institute.
KUTV (Utah)
August 18, 2025
According to an analysis by the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute, the Trump administration’s deportation agenda — now backed by additional funding from the so-called Big Beautiful Bill — could result in nearly 6 million jobs lost, including some 3.3 million jobs presently held by immigrants.
WBUR
August 18, 2025
A family with two working parents in 2024 needed to increase its income by almost 40 percent, about $26,900 extra per year, to maintain their standard of living after having their first child, according to an analysis of data from the Economic Policy Institute.
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The Washington Post
August 18, 2025
Boston Globe
August 13, 2025
This might have been billed as an effort to impose “efficiency” on the system. But “a more accurate description,” writes Monique Morrissey of the labor-oriented Economic Policy Institute, “is sabotage.”
LA Times
August 13, 2025