Media clips

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• The shifting U.S. working class
  Marketplace June 10, 2016
• The Working Class Won’t Be Majority White for Much Longer
  Wall Street Journal June 10, 2016
• Why inequality is worse for your wallet than a weak economy

  The Washington Post interviewed EPI’s Josh Bivens about why economic growth alone is unlikely to raise wages for working Americans.

  The Washington Post June 10, 2016
• Poll: Voters Like Obama’s New Overtime Rule
  Morning Consult June 3, 2016
• Top C.E.O. Pay Fell — Yes, Fell — in 2015

  The New York Times cited EPI’s research on CEO pay, noting, “C.E.O.s of the top 350 American companies by sales made just 30 times what average workers in their industries did in 1978. By 1989, chiefs were making 59 times what their average workers made; by 2000, they were making 383 times what the average workers made.”

  The New York Times June 3, 2016
• Construction workers needed as building industry booms
  Marketplace June 3, 2016
• How Will New Overtime Rules Affect You?
  Fox Business May 27, 2016
• New Overtime Rules a Boon for Middle-Class Workers
  Newsweek May 27, 2016
• Should the US Pay Reparations to Black Americans?
  PBS Point Taken May 27, 2016
• Raise more from corporations: Opposing view
  USA Today May 27, 2016