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2016 ACS shows stubbornly high Native American poverty and different degrees...

Thursday’s release of 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) data allows us to fill in the blanks for race and ethnic groups that were not covered in Tuesday’s Census Bureau report on income, poverty,...

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An evidence-based Fed would hold rates steady in September

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets today and tomorrow to determine whether or not to raise interest rates. The FOMC has raised rates three times since December 2016. The evidence arguing...

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Graham-Cassidy: Maybe the worst Republican health proposal yet

The first plan the House of Representatives put forward to repeal the Affordable Cart Act (ACA) was the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The Congressional Budget Office projected that the AHCA would...

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Supreme Court should uphold working people’s fundamental rights in Murphy Oil

Today, EPI released a new paper by Cornell professor Alexander J.S. Colvin, which shows that more than half of all private sector non-union workers are currently subject to mandatory arbitration...

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A leopard can’t change its spots: Newest Republican tax framework is what we...

The framework of the Republican tax plan was released today. In recent months, architects of the plan repeatedly promised that they had no “intention” to release a tax plan that disproportionately cut...

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Fixing education inequalities will require fixing broader societal inequities

Every serious education research study concludes with a series of recommendations for further research and implications for education policy. Our recent paper comparing skills gaps among kindergartners...

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Janus is the latest attack on workers’ rights to organize and bargain...

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear Janus v. AFSCME, a case that could profoundly affect the ability of public-sector workers to improve their wages and working conditions. The...

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What to watch out for in Trump’s speech on regulation later this morning

President Trump is scheduled to give a speech later this morning about his administration’s regulatory agenda. Given the administration’s statements and actions since Trump took office in January—one...

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What to Watch on Jobs Day: The teacher gap, the hurricanes, and how we know...

Tomorrow, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release September’s numbers on the state of the labor market. As usual, I’ll be paying close attention to the prime-age employment-to-population ratio...

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Nominating Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair would be the latest way Trump reneged on...

A consistent drumbeat in Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency was a promise that he would stand up for the American working class against financial elites who had rigged policy to enrich...

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