John Schmitt

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Economist, formerly EPI, CEPR (DC), WCEG, and CEP (LSE).

#economics #unions #rstats #EconomicPolicy

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It's been 60 years since President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and brought us closer to fulfilling our founding promise – that we’re all created equal and deserve equal treatment.

I look forward to commemorating that legacy today at the LBJ Presidential Library.
To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial

Biden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
California Is Showing How a Big State Can Power Itself Without Fossil Fuels | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/california-is-showing-how-a-big-state-can-power-itself-without-fossil-fuels “Beginning in early March, for some portion of almost every day, a combination of #solar, #wind, #geothermal, and hydropower has been producing more than a hundred per cent of the state’s demand for electricity. Some afternoons, solar panels alone have produced more power than the state uses. And, at night … batteries .. are often the single largest source of supply to the grid”
California Is Showing How a Big State Can Power Itself Without Fossil Fuels

Bill McKibben on the efforts being made in California to use renewable energy instead of fossil fuels to power the state—a model that has the potential to succeed elsewhere.

The New Yorker
At Thursday's debate, Trump MUST ANSWER whether he intends to restrict or ban abortion pills

He was asked about this in an interview w/Time Magazine on April 12

Trump refused to answer but promised to release a statement within 14 days

It has been 75 days

Trump still has not answered

Trump's campaign says he doesn't need to state his position on regulating abortion pills because the issue has been resolved by the Supreme Court

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE

cc: @jaketapper

https://popular.info/p/one-question-trump-must-be-asked
One question Trump must be asked in the debate

On April 12, 2024, former president Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Time Magazine. During the interview, Trump was asked explicitly about whether he would allow women to obtain abortion pills if he won another term as president. More than two months later, we still don't know the answer.

Popular Information
The kids who were 1st graders when 20 of their classmates were murdered in Newtown, CT are graduating from high school. “There is a whole chunk of our class missing.” More than 4200 mass shootings in the US since then, several of them at schools. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg33zqd5wyeo
Sandy Hook survivors graduate from high school - BBC News

Around 60 students who witnessed the killing of their classmates will receive their diplomas.

BBC News

US State "Governors Need to Do More to Protect Their Low-Income Residents from Climate Change Especially in the South"

New from CEPR's Algernon Austin.

https://cepr.net/extreme-weather-2/

# economics #climate

Governors Need to Do More to Protect Their Low-Income Residents from Climate Change Especially in the South

Explore the financial impact of extreme weather and how it disproportionately affects low-income residents in Southern states.

Center for Economic and Policy Research

The Southern economic model fails Southern workers and their families: 7 of the 10 states with the lowest employment rates for 25-54 year olds (the population most tied to the labor market) are in the South.

See the latest Economic Policy Institute report by Chandra Childers.

https://www.epi.org/publication/rooted-racism-part2/

#economics #labor #race

Breaking down the South’s economic underperformance: Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Part Two

States that have embraced the Southern economic development model are underperforming when compared to regions that did not implement this model.

Economic Policy Institute
Male Trump supporters most likely (56%) to say falling birth rate is a bad thing https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/06/06/gender-family-reproductive-issues-and-the-2024-election/
4. Gender, family, reproductive issues and the 2024 election

Biden and Trump voters differ sharply over the state of women’s progress in the U.S., as well as over whether society should prioritize marriage and

Pew Research Center

Happy Birthday to Jonathan Michael Richman, songwriter, guitarist and founder of the influential proto-punk band Modern Lovers, born on this day in 1951, Natick, Massachusetts, US

Photo by Jeff Albertson

#protopunk #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #history #punkrockhistory #otd

"Tight labor markets are essential to reducing racial disparities -- and within the purview of the Fed’s dual mandate" by Economic Policy Institute economist Valerie Wilson

https://www.epi.org/blog/labor-markets-racial-disparities/

#economics #race #equity

Tight labor markets are essential to reducing racial disparities and within the purview of the Fed’s dual mandate

Download this article as a PDF This essay was originally published in the Point/Counterpoint section of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management and can be accessed at https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22545. Key findings Growing evidence shows that monetary policy decisions have a measurable impact on racial disparities in the labor market. This evidence challenges long-held beliefs about…

Economic Policy Institute