There are a variety of ways to calculate real pay in the United States, which can lead to conflicting conclusions about whether pay has kept up with inflation. To help shed light on the country’s recent pay trends, Wendy Edelberg and Noadia Steinmetz-Silber share a new interactive chart and highlight findings from the data.
Revised race standards fall short for Indigenous Americans. The White House Office of Management and Budget recently published new standards for race and ethnicity data to help policymakers and researchers collect more accurate statistics on underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. In The Hill, Robert Maxim explains why these changes don’t go far enough to solve the most significant data issues facing American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Reindustrializing Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh region was once a metaphor for industrial decline, but it is now authoring a more hopeful chapter in America’s economic storybook. Writing for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Alan Berube and Mark Muro reflect on a recent Election ’24 event in the city, and discuss how the federal government is aiding this economic turnaround.
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