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EPI plan: Tax the rich, strengthen social security, rebuild infrastructure

September 4, 2015 By PAI

By 2040, federal debt would be 54 percent of gross domestic product, not the present 74 percent - and less than debt proposed by right wingers.

EPI becoming major voice in national discourse on economy

September 4, 2015 By Larry Rubin

Larry Rubin of People's World interviewed Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, the premier think tank focusing on the economic condition of low- and middle-income American families.

Landmark settlement ends long-term solitary confinement in Calif. prisons

September 3, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

Some 2,858 inmates were reportedly held in solitary; some for 10, 20 or even 30 years, spending all but an hour or so of their day isolated in tiny cement-lined cells.

Decolonize the land: Native people welcome Mt. Denali name change

September 3, 2015 By Andrea Perkins

President Obama announced that his administration would change the name of Mt. McKinley to its original Indigenous name, Denali, a word that means "High One" in Athabascan.

St. Louis workers celebrate increase in minimum wage

September 3, 2015 By Tony Pecinovsky

In all, about 50,000 low-wage workers in St. Louis will see an immediate pay increase come October 15.