In 2024, the Economic Policy Institute found that the pay gap between public school teachers and other college graduates had hit a record high.
Kansas City Beacon
June 16, 2026
The gender pay gap is narrower in Philadelphia than the national average, which is roughly the same as it was in 2010. Across the country, women earn on average 81 cents for every dollar made by men, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning nonprofit think tank.
Philadelphia Inquirer
June 16, 2026
According to the Economic Policy Institute, arbitration is worse for consumers than for companies. This is because customers tend to lose more often than the companies, and end up paying arbitration fees.
NerdWallet
June 16, 2026
In 2024, the Economic Policy Institute found that the pay gap between public school teachers and other college graduates had hit a record high.
Kansas City Beacon
June 16, 2026
The gender pay gap is narrower in Philadelphia than the national average, which is roughly the same as it was in 2010. Across the country, women earn on average 81 cents for every dollar made by men, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning nonprofit think tank.
Philadelphia Inquirer
June 16, 2026
According to the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute, passage of the state question would positively impact the income of more than 20% of Oklahoma’s workforce. On average, workers who are affected would gain $2,322 in annual pay. That would very likely benefit not only their families, but also their employers and communities because they would have more money to spend and circulate into their local economies.
Tulsa World
June 15, 2026
Research and testimony cited by the Economic Policy Institute point to examples in other states that have already extended overtime access and minimum wage parity to farmworkers, and conclude that such changes are feasible. EPI and national farmworker advocacy organizations lay out the long history of these exemptions and track recent rounds of state-level reform efforts.
Hoodline
June 15, 2026
Analysis by the Economic Policy Institute finds that corporations can negotiate quickly when they want to: For example, Starbucks has made its workers wait four and a half years, and counting, for a first union contract, but managed to negotiate a merger with Teavana in just 67 days. Amazon has made its workers wait 498 days for a contract so far but completed its blockbuster merger with Whole Foods in 123 days.
Bar Harbor Story Substack
June 15, 2026
Federal data, published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the same day Trump spoke, told a different story. The National Urban League, the Economic Policy Institute, and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies had each, in recent weeks, reached the same conclusion: Black America is not experiencing record-low unemployment. It is experiencing the economic equivalent of a recession, driven not by natural market cycles but by deliberate policy choices.
Chicago Crusader
June 15, 2026