During the meeting at Antioch University, Richard Rothstein, a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and author of “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America,” will discuss the challenges of these issues and opportunities to fix the ongoing impact of local, state, and federal policies that have racially segregated cities all across the nation.
Culver City News
November 22, 2019
There may not be enough investors in this sweet spot. According to the Economic Policy Institute, nearly half of U.S. families have no retirement savings at all. And among those who do, the median family’s retirement account contains just $60,000, according to the latest Survey of Consumer Finances from the Federal Reserve.
MarketWatch
November 22, 2019
What happened in Creve Coeur to the Venables and the other black families was not unique for the times in St. Louis, according to “The Making of Ferguson: Public Policies at the Root of its Troubles,” a report produced by the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute after the 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown.
STL Jewish Light
November 22, 2019
In fact, some people – including those from the Economic Policy Institute – have posited that a minimum wage increase will actually lead to an increase in employment because of the effects of giving low-wage workers a raise. Other advantages to restaurants may include lower turnover rates and better job performance.
UBNow
November 22, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute also noted in their 2018 family budget analysis that there is “nowhere in the country” where a minimum-wage worker would earn enough to meet their family’s basic needs. These alarming economic trends show that more families are in need of TANF benefits than ever before but the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports that in 2017, for every 100 poor families with children in Maryland, only 39 received TANF cash assistance.
Capital Gazette
November 22, 2019
According to estimates from the progressive Economic Policy Institute, the increase will impact 534,000 workers directly and indirectly, and increase incomes by $425 million.
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
November 22, 2019
“We estimate that approximately 70,000 people on Long Island are receiving supplemental food support from these sites each week. The Economic Policy Institute estimates a family of two adults and two children in the Nassau and Suffolk metro area would need to earn a combined $139,545 per year (or $11,629 per month) to live comfortably on Long Island,” she said.
Newsday
November 22, 2019
In 2017, 23.1% of people over the age of 66 lived in poverty. According to the Economic Policy Institute, 48% of the elderly population are “economically vulnerable,” meaning their income is less than two times the supplemental poverty threshold. In 2017, 5.5 million seniors were food insecure.
The State Press
November 22, 2019
A 2009 study by the progressive Economic Policy Institute estimated savings of between $17 to $221 on each dollar invested in remediating lead paint, between health care, special education, criminal justice and other costs.
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
November 22, 2019
The economy added 128,000 jobs in October, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, while the decades-low unemployment rate still hovered around 3.6 percent. At the same time, nominal wage growth since the last recession has been low and flat, according to the Economic Policy Institute, and has yet to recover to 2008 highs for workers in the private-sector.
Newsweek
November 22, 2019