Trump’s attacks on the Department of Labor will hurt wages and working conditions

June 6, 2025 By Margaret Poydock Blog

May jobs report sends mixed signals: Solid payroll gains contrast with a weaker household survey and a continued decline in federal government employment

June 6, 2025 By EPI Staff Blog

House Republican budget bill gives Trump $185 billion to carry out his mass deportation agenda—while doing nothing for workers: Immigration enforcement would have 80 times more funding than labor standards enforcement

June 5, 2025 By Daniel Costa Blog

House budget bill would kick 15 million people off health insurance and damage local economies

June 3, 2025 By Josh Bivens Blog

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) succeeded in sustaining state and local government services during the pandemic: 99% of ARPA fiscal recovery funds were obligated on schedule

May 28, 2025 By Dave Kamper Blog

Trump is making it easier for employers to discriminate. This stifles equity and hurts economic growth.

May 27, 2025 By Adewale A. Maye and Valerie Wilson Blog

How Trump has dismantled the federal workforce in his first 100 days

May 23, 2025 By Margaret Poydock Blog

States must safeguard language access for AAPI communities as Trump undermines federal protections

May 22, 2025 By Adewale A. Maye and Stevie Marvin Blog

Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever

May 20, 2025 By Aaron Sojourner and Adam Reich Blog

Progress on paid leave in the South: New state parental leave policies are a small but welcome step toward comprehensive paid leave for all Southern workers

May 20, 2025 By Jasmine Payne-Patterson Blog

By repealing paid sick leave, Missouri legislators will hurt working families

May 19, 2025 By Dave Kamper Blog

Coordinated attacks on state labor standards are laying the groundwork for dangerous Project 2025 proposals to undermine all workers’ rights

May 14, 2025 By Nina Mast and Jennifer Sherer Blog

Southern and Midwestern districts are the most vulnerable to Social Security cuts and disruptions

May 13, 2025 By Daniel Perez and Monique Morrissey Blog

Trump attacks on temporary immigration protections like TPS hurt the economy and strip millions of their workplace rights

May 12, 2025 By Daniel Costa Blog

Trump-led attacks on equity are setting the stage for our next public health crisis

May 9, 2025 By Kyle K. Moore Blog

Corruption in plain sight: How Elon Musk has benefited from the first 100 days of the Trump administration

May 8, 2025 By Celine McNicholas and Margaret Poydock Blog

Class of 2025: Young workers were poised to graduate into a promising labor market, but Trump policy actions could unravel progress

May 7, 2025 By Elise Gould and Katherine deCourcy Blog

The five-alarm fire that public education is facing

May 5, 2025 By Hilary Wething Blog

Jobs report doesn’t reveal clear signs of broad economic weakness—yet

May 2, 2025 By EPI Staff Blog

Some states and localities will be better prepared to fight a possible recession because of how they used ARPA fiscal recovery funds

April 30, 2025 By Dave Kamper Blog

Too many workers die on the job every year. Trump’s attacks on OSHA will kill more.

April 29, 2025 By Emma Cohn and Jennifer Sherer Blog

Cuts to SNAP benefits will disproportionately harm families of color and children

April 29, 2025 By Ismael Cid-Martinez Blog

What to watch for in this week’s labor market data: Will there be signs of widespread economic distress?

April 28, 2025 By Elise Gould Blog

The federal minimum wage is officially a poverty wage in 2025

April 28, 2025 By Sebastian Martinez Hickey and Ismael Cid-Martinez Blog

How should we assess and characterize worker wage growth in recent decades?

April 23, 2025 By Elise Gould and Josh Bivens Blog

The unlawful abduction and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia puts all workers in peril

April 22, 2025 By Jennifer Sherer and Daniel Costa Blog

How Trump’s erasure of environmental data is endangering communities of color

April 22, 2025 By Stevie Marvin and Adewale A. Maye Blog

Trump’s gutting of public health institutions is setting the stage for our next crisis

April 21, 2025 By Kyle K. Moore Blog

Trump is putting crucial school funding at risk by dismantling the Department of Education: See how much federal funding your school district could lose

April 17, 2025 By Hilary Wething and Emma Cohn Blog

At least 26 states have launched their own version of DOGE: These states are simply rebranding longstanding efforts to undermine government in service of the wealthy

April 16, 2025 By Nina Mast, Jasmine Payne-Patterson, and David Cooper Blog

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