A new report from the union-friendly Economic Policy Institute supports that view, saying the U.S. trade deficit with the two countries reached more than a quarter trillion dollars in 2025, up from 125 billion in 2020.
Public News Service
January 26, 2026
Our problems are not just limited to the way we spend our money and time. Outsourced manufacturing by our largest corporations has erased approximately 5 million American jobs since 1998, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Akron Beacon Journal
January 26, 2026
They are more likely to work, shoulder caregiving responsibilities, and experience job instability when workplaces downsize. Analysis from the Economic Policy Institute shows that Black women experience consistently higher unemployment rates than white women, even when overall employment is growing.
Word in Black
January 26, 2026
This retreat comes at a perilous moment. According to the Economic Policy Institute, 28 states across the nation introduced bills to weaken child labor protections in recent years. This follows a 283 percent increase in child labor violations between 2015 and 2023, creating a perfect storm that leaves young workers dangerously exposed.
Inequality.org
January 26, 2026
Over the past 50 years, top CEO compensation has climbed 1,094%, according to the Economic Policy Institute. That compares to a 26% increase in typical worker compensation.
CNBC
January 26, 2026
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the US labour force as a whole averaged just a 0.5 to 0.6 per cent annual increase in the last two business cycles … [paywall].
Financial Times
January 26, 2026
As voucher programs mature, critics warn of fiscal harms to public school systems. According to a fiscal externality calculator developed by the Economic Policy Institute, students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District could receive $364 to $927 less in per pupil education spending — or up to $12 million to $31 million overall — due to private school vouchers.
K-12 Dive
January 26, 2026
Meanwhile, the annual gross income needed to cover the basic needs of a family of two adults and four children in the Washington, D.C., area, where the vice president and his family live, is about $177,600, according to the Economic Policy Institute’s family budget calculator, which the left-leaning organization describes as measuring “the income a family needs in order to attain a modest yet adequate standard of living.”
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“There are many different factors that enter into the decision to have one or more children,” said EPI’s Gould, adding that financially, it has become a widely accepted fact that “it’s a struggle for a lot of people” now.
MarketWatch
January 26, 2026
A year later, organizations like the Economic Policy Institute have highlighted the Trump administration’s efforts to even undermine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and curtail economic justice for people of color, still today, on the 40th Anniversary of King Day as a national holiday.
So far, the administration has weakened enforcement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by undermining the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and gutting the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, making it easier for employers to discriminate against Black workers and other marginalized groups. It has also effectively eliminated the Minority Business Development Agency, the only federal agency dedicated to helping minority-owned businesses overcome systemic barriers.
Atlanta Black Star
January 26, 2026