The signatories range from environmental, labor, and legal groups to those focused on faith, housing, immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive freedom, and more. They include the ACLU, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Drug Policy Alliance, Economic Policy Institute, Giffords, Greenpeace USA, Human Rights Campaign, Indivisible, National Education Association, Oxfam America, Public Citizen, and Union of Concerned Scientists.
Common Dreams
September 2, 2026
The Economic Policy Institute projected in July 2025 that if deportations reach the scale Trump promised, millions of citizen workers will in fact lose their jobs along with deported immigrants, due to the economic interdependence of citizens and noncitizens in the workplace. If 3.3 million immigrant jobs are destroyed, the EPI argues, 2.6 million citizen jobs will be too. Construction and child care labor sectors would especially decline.
Brooklyn Rail
September 2, 2026
2,$358 is what it costs each American taxpayer on average to finance this analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.
Putting that amount into perspective would mean, according to the same institute, funding more than 925,000 teachers or healthcare for more than 5 million veterans or Medicaid for almost 12 million people.
N+ Univision
September 2, 2026
Another major reason is teacher pay. The average teacher salary in the United States was $74,495 in 2024-25. On average, teachers earned 73.1 cents per dollar compared with professionals with similar experience and education in 2024, according to a study from the Economic Policy Institute. Back in 1996, that number was at 93.9 cents.
Gulfshore Business
September 1, 2026
In his first year since returning to power — even before his reckless decision to go to war against Iran had hiked gas prices and economic uncertainty —Trump had “actively made life less affordable for working people,” according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The Hill
September 1, 2026
A second DOL proposal would make it easier for employers to classify workers as independent contractors, a change the organization said is risky for home care workers, who already face a heightened chance of being misclassified. The Economic Policy Institute estimates misclassification costs a worker between $7,719 and $10,963 a year in lost wages, benefits and protections
McKnight’s Senior Living
September 1, 2026
Richard Stern and Josh Bivens talked about the how the U.S. economy and its impact on Americans could influence the 2026 midterm elections.
C-SPAN Washington Journal
September 1, 2026
When you read above that Texas is fighting to stop drag shows and keep acclaimed literature out of kids’ hands, was your first thought, Wow, what a waste of tax dollars? If so the Economic Policy Institute has news that’ll make your fiscally conservative heart hurt even more. The think tank released a Deportation Calculator to show exactly what taxpayers in different parts of the country are paying for Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. According to the EPI, the mass-deportation spending Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will cost the average taxpayer in the city of Houston around $3,683. You didn’t need that for anything else, did you?
Houston Chronicle
August 31, 2026
A decade ago, Economic Policy Institute economist Monique Morrissey warned that the shift to 401(k)s had turned the retirement system into one that magnifies inequality rather than reducing it. Vanguard’s 2026 data shows the trajectory hasn’t reversed.
The Street
August 31, 2026
WONG: All right, well, school is back in session, and so my indicator is thematically appropriate. It is 74.8 cents on the dollar. That is the average wage that public school teachers in the US earned in 2025, compared with similar college graduates working in other professions. 74.8 cents on the dollar. The data from the Economic Policy Institute, which is a left-leaning think tank that focuses on low- and middle-income working families. And EPI economist Sylvia Allegretto published a report this week about what she calls the teacher pay penalty.
NPR Planet Money
August 31, 2026