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• September 1, 2023
  September 1, 2023
• 60 years later, groups continue to fight for equality on anniversary of March on Washington

  “When thinking about the minimum wage, earnings, income and wealth, we still have a long way to go,” said Adewale Maye, policy and research analyst with the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).

  EPI is a non-partisan, non-profit. Maye’s report called “Chasing the Dream of Equity” used a quantitative lens to examine how much progress has been made and where disparities remain. Maye spent one year gathering and reviewing federal data.

  “Some of the things that we found was that a lot of these indicators have grown more disparate over time. The inequities have broadened,” Maye said.

  ABC 7 News DC August 29, 2023
• Rising home prices threaten Indy’s affordability for teachers
  • According to the Economic Policy Institute, teachers have for decades experienced a “wage penalty” — meaning they consistently make less than their non-teacher college-educated counterparts.
  Axios August 25, 2023
• Daybreak Aug. 24: Praise for FDA’s new deputy commissioner choic

  …violations on farms, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute that found the number of such probes reached a record low…[Paywall].

  Agri-Pulse August 25, 2023
• It’s nearly impossible for WA farmworkers to unionize. Here’s why that matters

  Features quote from Daniel Costa. [Paywall]. 

  Seattle Times August 25, 2023
• 60 years later, ‘manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination’ remain

  As a group, Black workers are paid less than white workers, earning 76 cents to every $1 earned by white Americans, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. In Maine, Black workers earn only 63 percent of what white workers make.

  The gap is larger now than it was 40 years ago, and it can’t be explained by differences in education and skills, the Economic Policy Institute concluded in a recent analysis.

  Black Americans are twice as likely to be unemployed than white Americans. The disparity is a little smaller in Maine.

  Bangor Daily News August 25, 2023
• Jackson Hole: Fed policy collides with reality in the most unequal county in America

  But as they talk about inflation and the economy in the abstract, residents of the popular vacation destination are very much feeling the realities of their policies. That’s because Jackson Hole is the most economically unequal place in the United States, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

  CNN Business August 25, 2023
• Fight for economic equity under ‘assault’ 60 years after March on Washington, advocates warn

  Other economic disparities have also persisted into the present day. Among Americans who are employed, research from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) showed the typical Black worker made more than 24 percent less than their white counterparts per hour in 2019 — a figure the group noted was about 8 percentage points higher than it was four decades earlier.

  The Hill August 25, 2023
• Still A Dream: Over 500 Years to Black Economic Equality

  Web Resources:

  Institute for Policy Studies and National Community Reinvestment Coalition: Still A Dream: Over 500 Years to Black Economic Equality

  Economic Policy Institute: Chasing the dream of equity; How policy has shaped racial economic disparities

  KALW San Francisco August 25, 2023
• Report: More than 100,000 Mainers would benefit from proposed federal minimum wage increase

  Along with helping people nationally, the bill would provide significant benefits for workers in Maine, according to a fact sheet released Tuesday by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a left-leaning think tank. EPI examined the impacts the legislation would have in congressional districts around the country. 

  In Maine’s 1st Congressional District, based in the southern part of the state, the measure would boost the wages of about 50,000 people, or around 15.8% of those employed. The bill would add $70 million in total annual wages for workers in that district.

  Maine Beacon August 25, 2023