Center-left think tanks were fewer, but powerhouses such as the Economic Policy Institute and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities had outsized influence because of their technical capacities and credibility, and over time, they built their own networks of state affiliates.
Democracy Journal
July 21, 2025
Margaret Poydock, a senior policy analyst at the labor-affiliated Economic Policy Institute. “These 63 rules they referenced were just two days’…[paywall].
LA Times
July 21, 2025
Here are nine communities where new families can find value without sacrificing quality of life. The cost estimates are based on Economic Policy Institute data and show what it takes for a family of four to live modestly but comfortably.
GO Banking Rates
July 21, 2025
Other changes that have been seen or may be seen as a result of the Trump administration include the following:
A rollback of the Biden Administration’s increases in the salary amounts employers must pay to be exempt from overtime payments under the Fair Labor Standards Act. However, on April 24, 2025, the DOL requested to pause the appeals in the federal courts stating that they intend on reconsidering the issue and rollbacks. “Department of Labor asks to pause litigation over overtime rule.” Economic Policy Institute blog, April 24, 2025.
Reuters
July 21, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank researching economic inequality, sanctuary laws do not seek to restrict or impede federal immigration agents from carrying out their duties.
WHQR Public Radio (North Carolina)
July 21, 2025
A dead end at the federal level gives employers a nearly bottomless source of delays to union efforts, said Margaret Poydock, senior policy analyst with the Economic Policy Institute. To that end, employers including SpaceX and Amazon have begun filing petitions with the National Labor Relations Board arguing that the agency itself is unconstitutional. Others have argued that, without quorum at the federal level, regional NLRB offices cannot schedule elections. Every new filing increases the likelihood of a delay.
“Delays at the NLRB can disrupt the momentum of union organizing campaigns and workers’ ability to hold their employers accountable for violating labor law,” said Poydock. Trump’s firing of Wilcox “created the expectation that future board members are expected to side with employers over workers,” she said.
Capital & Main
July 21, 2025
Investopedia
July 21, 2025
According to a report from the Economic Policy Institute, workers lose over $15 billion each year due to minimum wage violations alone — a burden that disproportionately affects immigrant and undocumented workers.
MoneyWise
July 21, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, Trump’s deportations will take 22,000 migrants out of the workforce. Approximately 10,000 losses are expected in manufacturing. The child care sector could lose 15.1% of its workforce nationwide.
The Gazette Cedar Rapids (Iowa)
July 21, 2025
Since 2023, 28 states have introduced bills to roll back child labor protections, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), and 12 states have enacted them.
Truthout
July 21, 2025