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  • News from EPI › New AI policy brief explains how Congress can bolster unemployment insurance and expand the safety net

    October 21, 2026 Press Releases
  • News from EPI › EPI fact sheets show immigrants grow state economies while mass deportations do the opposite

    September 16, 2026 Press Releases
  • News from EPI › New report shows ‘right-to-work’ states have lower wages—and the penalty has more than doubled over the past decade: Accompanying FAQ explains history and impact of anti-union ‘right-to-work’ laws

    September 1, 2026 Press Releases
  • News from EPI › The teacher pay penalty remained high in 2025: Teachers made 25.2% less than similarly educated professionals

    August 25, 2026 Press Releases
  • News from EPI › New EPI resource shows the cost of deportations to taxpayers in every U.S. state, county, and city: Calculator estimates what communities could gain if federal tax dollars were instead invested in education, health care, and the social safety net

    August 5, 2026 Press Releases
  • News from EPI › New Economic Policy Institute report reveals how tripling union membership would transform the U.S. economy: First-of-its-kind analysis measures how expanding union membership would boost wages, lower inequality, and benefit communities and democracy

    July 15, 2026 Press Releases
  • News from EPI › EPI to host virtual press conference with AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler to share new research on benefits of expanding union membership

    July 8, 2026 Press Releases
  • News from EPI › New EPI resource debunks myths around raising the minimum wage

    June 1, 2026 Press Releases
  • News from EPI › New EPI proposal would raise the federal minimum wage and lift pay for nearly 40 million workers

    May 21, 2026 Press Releases
  • News from EPI › U.S. employers spend roughly $1.7 billion annually on union avoidance

    May 20, 2026 Press Releases
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