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The Trump administration's deployment of DHS agencies—such as ICE—has caused irreparable harm to our communities, neighbors, and families across the country. The economic costs are also substantial...
The Trump administration is attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the public sector. Inspired by the book Creating Justi...
Fully funded and strong public schools—with fairly compensated educators—lead to a society with high achieving students and fewer teacher shortages that disrupt learning. Yet policy initiatives suc...
In partnership with the Roosevelt Institute and Oklahoma Policy Institute, Economic Policy Institute hosted a webinar on a new, evidence-backed framework for raising the federal minimum wage.
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There is much panic around AI’s impact on the labor market. Efforts to blame inequality and unemployment on AI and technology divert attention from the root cause: excess employer power.
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Presented at Democracy journal's "Can't We All Just Get Along?" conference in response to the prompt: If you could order a presidential administration to do one specific thing to improve the lives ...
The Trump administration continues to brazenly attack workers and their unions, undermining federal labor laws and emboldening corporate union busters. Amid this escalating US worker rights crisis,...
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On January 20, the Economic Policy Institute’s EARN in the South network—a coalition of Southern policy, research, and grassroots organizations—held a virtual press conference highlighting 2026 opp...
Everyone is talking about affordability — and making the same mistake. Enjoy this conversation with Economic Policy Institute President, Heidi Shierholz; Director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity ...
EPI President Heidi Shierholz with a holiday message
Please join the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) for a webinar discussing recent developments at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and their impacts on worker organizing. NLRB General Couns...
Watch a discussion about the findings from the Treasury Department’s August 2023 report, Labor Unions and the Middle Class. The report examines the benefits of a strong labor movement and discusses...
Child labor violations are on the rise across the U.S., and in the past two years at least 16 states have considered legislation to roll back protections for young workers. This growing crisis is b...
Chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers Jared Bernstein and Heidi Shierholz, President of EPI, discuss what is next in US economic policy including industrial policy’s role in secur...
On June 7, 2023, authors Richard Rothstein and Leah Rothstein discussed their new book, Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law at the Economic Policy Institute in ...
Workers who are 55 and older are increasingly forced to endure onerous, even dangerous jobs that do not provide the pay and benefits needed to allow them to retire. The Economic Policy Institute (E...
From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
www.epi.org
From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
www.epi.org
From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
www.epi.org