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FarberIlyana KuziemkoSuresh NaiduDave KamperIhna MangundayeoIhna MangundayaoEthan MillerAli SaitAsha BanerjeeMarokey SawoJennifer ShererJim Barrett By Type: CommentaryEconomic IndicatorsEconomic SnapshotReportTestimonyBlogMultimediaFact Sheet Policymakers cannot relegate another generation to underresourced K–12 education because of an economic recession July 14, 2021 By Sylvia Allegretto, Emma García, and Elaine Weiss Blog Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025 would lift the pay of 32 million workers: A demographic breakdown of affected workers and the impact on poverty, wages, and inequality March 9, 2021 By David Cooper, Zane Mokhiber, and Ben Zipperer Report A $15 minimum wage would have significant and direct effects on the federal budget February 2, 2021 By Ben Zipperer, David Cooper, and Josh Bivens Report Moral policy = good economics: What’s needed to lift up 140 million poor and low-income people further devastated by the pandemic October 30, 2020 By Josh Bivens, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, and Shailly Gupta Barnes Blog Over 13 million more people would be in poverty without unemployment insurance and stimulus payments: Senate Republicans are blocking legislation proven to reduce poverty September 17, 2020 By Ben Zipperer Blog Racial disparities in income and poverty remain largely unchanged amid strong income growth in 2019 September 16, 2020 By Valerie Wilson Blog News from EPI › Income gains from 2019 Census report illustrate the importance of getting closer to full employment during the recovery September 15, 2020 By Elise Gould Statement Latinx workers—particularly women—face devastating job losses in the COVID-19 recession August 20, 2020 By Elise Gould, Daniel Perez, and Valerie Wilson Report Domestic workers chartbook: A comprehensive look at the demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of the professionals who care for our family members and clean our homes May 14, 2020 By Julia Wolfe, Jori Kandra, Lora Engdahl, and Heidi Shierholz Report Higher rates of poverty and incarceration put front-line workers and communities in Southern states at greater risk from the coronavirus April 3, 2020 By Hunter Blair and Jaimie Worker Blog The EITC and minimum wage work together to reduce poverty and raise incomes January 22, 2020 By Jesse Rothstein and Ben Zipperer Report Poverty continues to fall in most states, though progress appears to be slowing September 26, 2019 By David Cooper and Julia Wolfe Blog Racial and ethnic income gaps persist amid uneven growth in household incomes September 11, 2019 By Valerie Wilson and Jhacova Williams Blog Government programs kept tens of millions out of poverty in 2018 September 11, 2019 By Julia Wolfe and Hunter Blair Blog Research is vital to the moral integrity of social movements April 4, 2019 By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Blog EPI comments regarding SNAP work requirements April 2, 2019 By Josh Bivens and Monique Morrissey Public Comments A State Agenda for America’s Workers: 18 Ways to Promote Good Jobs in the States December 3, 2018 Report Student absenteeism: Who misses school and how missing school matters for performance September 25, 2018 By Emma García and Elaine Weiss Report Digging into the 2017 ACS: Improved income growth for Native Americans, but lots of variation in the pace of recovery for different Asian ethnic groups September 14, 2018 By Valerie Wilson Economic Indicators Poverty declined in most states in 2017 September 13, 2018 By David Cooper and Julia Wolfe Economic Indicators Household incomes in 2017 stayed on existing trends in most states; incomes in 21 states are still below their pre-recession levels September 13, 2018 By Julia Wolfe and David Cooper Economic Indicators Government programs kept tens of millions out of poverty in 2017 September 12, 2018 By Jessica Schieder and Julia Wolfe Economic Indicators 10 years after the start of the Great Recession, black and Asian households have yet to recover lost income September 12, 2018 By Valerie Wilson Economic Indicators One in nine U.S. workers are paid wages that can leave them in poverty, even when working full time June 15, 2018 By David Cooper Economic Snapshot The erosion of the federal minimum wage has increased poverty, especially for black and Hispanic families June 13, 2018 By Ben Zipperer Economic Snapshot The rise in child poverty reveals racial inequality, more than a failed War on Poverty June 8, 2018 By Valerie Wilson and Jessica Schieder Economic Snapshot Countries investing more in social programs have less child poverty June 1, 2018 By Valerie Wilson and Jessica Schieder Economic Snapshot 50 years after the Poor People’s Campaign, poverty persists because of a stingy safety net and a dysfunctional labor market May 24, 2018 By Elise Gould and Jessica Schieder Economic Snapshot Poverty persists 50 years after the Poor People’s Campaign: Black poverty rates are more than twice as high as white poverty rates May 17, 2018 By Elise Gould and Jessica Schieder Economic Snapshot As Wisconsin’s and Minnesota’s lawmakers took divergent paths, so did their economies: Since 2010, Minnesota’s economy has performed far better for working families than Wisconsin’s May 8, 2018 By David Cooper Report Load more...