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How district attorneys and state attorneys general are fighting workplace abuses: An introduction to criminal prosecutions of wage theft and other employer crimes against workers
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The carceral state and the labor market
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Older workers were devastated by the pandemic downturn and continue to face adverse employment outcomes: EPI testimony for the Senate Special Committee on Aging
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Testimony before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at a hearing on the civil rights implications of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Up to 390,000 federal contractors will see a raise under the Biden-Harris executive order
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New personal income data show the need for broad and permanent unemployment insurance reform
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EPI comments on the withdrawal of the Independent Contractor Rule
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Justice for Asian Americans requires greater understanding and addressing economic realities beyond stereotypes
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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
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AAPI Equal Pay Day: Essential AAPI women workers continue to be underpaid during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Achieving Economic and Racial Justice for Black Workers: Policy Priorities for 2021 and Beyond
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EPI comments on the proposed delay of effective date for the Independent Contractor Rule
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Learning during the pandemic: Lessons from the research on education in emergencies for COVID-19 and afterwards
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Martin Luther King called for leaders with ‘sound integrity’
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The Trump administration finalizes rule attacking federal workers’ right to union representation in workplace discrimination cases
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Teaching at the intersection of social-justice activism and education
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Top charts of 2020: The economic fallout of COVID-19
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Top five EPI blog posts of 2020
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Federal labor standards enforcement in agriculture: Data reveal the biggest violators and raise new questions about how to improve and target efforts to protect farmworkers
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Strike for the Common Good: Fighting for the Future of Public Education
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Contemporary Social Issues & the Latino Experience
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Racism and the Economy: Focus on Employment
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Latina Equal Pay Day: Essential Latina workers face substantial pay gap during COVID-19 pandemic
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A policy agenda to address the teacher shortage in U.S. public schools: The sixth and final report in the ‘Perfect Storm in the Teacher Labor Market’ series
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Young workers hit hard by the COVID-19 economy: Workers ages 16–24 face high unemployment and an uncertain future
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Preempting progress: State interference in local policymaking prevents people of color, women, and low-income workers from making ends meet in the South