City of lost jobs: A new study from the Economic Policy Institute confirms what we already knew, convicted felon and President Donald Trump’s policies are disproportionately impacting employment in the D.C. area and hitting Black workers the hardest. EPI reports that the region has 115,000 fewer jobs than it did before Trump V2, losing more than 53,800 federal employees and others laid off from contractors working for government agencies and those working at nonprofits or research institutions receiving federal grants. Minus two points, one for racist policies and one for gutting jobs in your own backyard.
Washington City Paper
May 26, 2026
NPER’s study echoes an analysis released last month by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which found that unemployment for US-born workers has increased since the start of Trump’s second term, as the federal government has carried out its draconian deportation operations.
“Claims that mass deportations have helped US-born workers are simply inconsistent with the data,” EPI wrote. “This is no surprise, given that economic research has repeatedly shown that increased immigration enforcement harms everyone in the labor market, including US-born workers.”
Common Dreams
May 26, 2026
He also argued that Medicare for All could create a surge in healthcare roles. A 2020 report from the Economic Policy Institute found that while a single-payer system could eliminate 1.8 million jobs in health insurance and billing administration, it would simultaneously generate demand for 2.3 million healthcare workers, a net gain in an industry so far resistant to AI displacement. He’s similarly optimistic about law, predicting a boom in legal jobs as companies scramble to navigate AI governance, safety, ethics, and bias.
Fortune
May 26, 2026
Right now, Dimon isn’t worried about consumer spending. However, he highlights a split between the top 50% and the bottom 30% of spenders, who are “struggling a little bit” thanks to stagnant wages. This claim is supported by 2025 data from the Economic Policy Institute, which shows real wages for low-income workers declined 0.3%. (4)
MoneyWise
May 26, 2026
According to a report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), employers are required to publicly disclose only a fraction of their spending on anti-union campaigns, meaning the true total could be significantly higher than current estimates. The EPI also found that companies routinely deploy mandatory anti-union meetings, targeted messaging campaigns and outside legal advisers as part of broader efforts to discourage workers from supporting union drives.
Supply Chain Brain
May 26, 2026
The Washington DC region has lost approximately 115,000 jobs since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, with African American workers being the hardest hit by the cuts, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released today by WTOP .
The report prepared by the nonpartisan organization based in Washington DC documented that the proportion of the population with employment fell 3.2 percentage points in the DMV, a figure eight times higher than the national average.
El Tiempo Latino
May 26, 2026
Childcare costs more than public college tuition in 38 states and the nation’s capital for one infant, according to a 2025 Economic Policy Institute report.
Washington Examiner
May 26, 2026
Ben Zipperer, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, sees the job loss impacts as minimal opposed to the potential gains to be had from a minimum wage hike. Employers are largely able to avoid workforce reductions, he said, because minimum wage increases bring greater employee retention. He also cites research that minimum wage increases can help reduce criminal recidivism.
“It is correct that one way that businesses accommodate higher wage increases is by raising prices. It just turns out empirically that price increase is very small relative to the actual wage increase,” Zipperer said.
Zipperer argues these increases don’t necessarily keep customers out of businesses. Unlike when a company raises prices independently, competitors in the same industry are all facing the minimum wage hike, meaning one company doesn’t suddenly become less attractive to customers than another. Also, people are just willing to pay more to help low-wage employees, Zipperer said.
“Customers are very willing and much less sensitive to price increases when they understand that the price increase is there to actually help workers make ends meet,” Zipperer said.
KOSU (Oklahoma City NPR)
May 26, 2026
And yet, metrics like GDP and DOW tell us the US economy is flourishing. But for who? While these metrics grow, the share attained by working people has not. The Economic Policy Institute found that between 1979 to 2025, worker productivity grew 92.4%. Meanwhile, pay only increased by 33.6%.
Fosters Daily Democrat
May 26, 2026
The exodus of foreign workers during the 2008 foreclosure crisis, when almost 2 million construction workers lost their jobs, has had a lasting impact.
New York Times
May 26, 2026