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• The American dream is ‘rapidly diminishing,’ Walgreens boss says in plea to raise taxes for the wealthy

  In his tax letter, Driscoll cited a report from the Economic Policy Institute that CEOs made 399 times as much as a typical worker.

  Business Insider January 19, 2024
• How Much Money Do You Need To Make To Be Among The Top 1%, 5% Or 10% Based On Income? The Answer Is Less Than You’d Expect

  Income thresholds in the U.S. for the top 10%, 5% and 1% of earners in 2023 reveal a surprising reality. Entering these high-earning brackets may be more achievable than many assume based on data from an Economic Policy Institute 2021 study.

  Benzinga (via Yahoo! Finance) January 19, 2024
• Opinion: Why a new study gives a misleading view of inequality in America

  Opinion piece authored by Elise Gould and Josh Bivens. 

  CNN January 19, 2024
• LNL: State of Minimum Wage Around United States

  Features interview with Dave Cooper. 

  Gray TV January 19, 2024
• The Urgent Need for Strict Age Restrictions in Food Manufacturing

  Child labor laws vary across states, and recent findings from the Economic Policy Institute reveal alarming trends: violations of child labor laws have surged by 37% in the past year, and proposals to weaken child labor protections are on the rise in multiple states.

  Quality Assurance Magazine January 19, 2024
• Study: Ohio one of nine states with ‘age-based pay discrimination’

  The Economic Policy Institute’s study of “youth subminimum wages” showed 34 states and DC engaged in practices that paid young workers less than minimum wage and also kept them from protections inherent in minimum wage.

  The EPI even found that the federal Fair Labor Standards Act “discriminates against young workers based on their age, student status or occupation.”

  Ohio Capital Journal January 19, 2024
• Uber, Lyft and DoorDash Workers May Gain Employee Benefits Under New Labor Rule

  In 2022, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released a report on the practice, analyzing 11 often-misclassified jobs. Per the report, if classified incorrectly, “a typical construction worker, as an independent contractor, would lose out on as much as $16,729 per year in income and job benefits compared with what they would have earned as an employee.”

  Truthout January 19, 2024
• The largest retail grocery merger in U.S. history is in regulators’ crosshairs with Washington state lawsuit: ‘Shoppers will have fewer choices and less competition’

  However, an analysis last year from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute concluded that if the merger proceeds, more than 700,000 grocery workers in 50 U.S. cities would see lower pay, with a collective loss totaling over $330 million.

  Fortune January 19, 2024
• What’s Driving Our Epidemic of Distrust?

  CEO compensation levels, the Economic Policy Institute has detailed, have “skyrocketed” some 1,460 percent since 1978.

  Inequality.org January 19, 2024
• Dr. King’s Legacy and How to Challenge Persistent Segregation

  Richard Rothstein, distinguished fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a senior fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and the author of many books including The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Liveright, 2017) and co-author of Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law (Liveright, 2023), and Leah Rothstein, community organizer and co-author of Just Action, talk about their books on segregation, and reflect on Dr. King’s legacy.

  WNYC Brian Lehrer Show January 19, 2024