Center for Economic and Policy Research

Fossil fuels and deforestation are driving climate change. But clean energy investment, stronger pollution rules, and zero-deforestation commitments across both public and private sectors will make the difference. More from @mattsedlar.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4nXTbP8

88 profitable corporations paid $0 taxes last year. Meanwhile, capital gains breaks keep protecting the wealthy while workers pay in full. @itep.org  @amyhanauer.bsky.social breaks down the three biggest problems with the US tax code. #econsky full #mostlyeconomics ep: https://bit.ly/4tVbbuW

Union membership dropped from 18% to 10% since 1985 and every state declined but Vermont. As federal protections erode, states and localities must step up to defend worker power. bit.ly/4tSeRhU

Low- and middle-income countries are straddled with crippling public debt, hamstringing efforts to combat the climate crisis. At this week's IMF Spring Meetings, CEPR is calling attention to this issue. Ivana Vasic Lalovic breaks it down for this week's episode of "From D.C. Across the Americas."

Since assuming office in January, Honduran President Nasry Asfura has tightened relations with Trump and Netanyahu, persecuted opponents, ushered in austerity measures, and rejoined ISDS, CEPR's Pedro Labayen explains on this week's "From D.C. Across the Americas" FULL: https://tinyurl.com/33jtaj6x

Conditions in #Cuba are rapidly deteriorating as Trump's de facto oil blockade brings life on the island to a halt. After traveling to Cuba last week, CEPR expert Michael Galant analyzes the situation on this week's episode of "From D.C. Across the Americas" FULL VIDEO https://tinyurl.com/uh34wjhy

"Winning" on affordability means raising wages, putting more money in everyday people's pockets, ending profit-driven healthcare, ending unjust wars, and ceasing policies that cater to the interests the ultra-rich.

Tensions between Ecuador and Colombia have reached new heights after President Petro asserted that a bomb from Ecuador killed 27 Colombians amid ongoing joint military operations with the US Andres Arauz goes in depth on this week's From D.C. Across the Americas FULL: https://tinyurl.com/2dbxh355

Private sector union membership has collapsed — from 16.5% in 1985 to just 5.9% today. That's barely a third of what it was. West Virginia, Indiana, and Michigan were hit hardest. Workers have been losing power for 40 years. More from @hcbrown.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4rmZKL5

New CEPR data: Union membership in the US fell from 18% to 10% since 1985—nearly cut in half. Every state but VT saw declines. Trump is accelerating the attack on workers, but this 40-year erosion started long before him. More from @hcbrown.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4rmZKL5

🚨 NEW Episode: "From D.C. Across the Americas" This week, Alex Main on Trump's right-wing "Shield of the Americas" Summit this Saturday "This is really to reward Trump's regional allies who have invested a lot of political capital to help advance his regional agenda" FULL: https://bit.ly/3NmbsYt

CEPR hosted a Hill briefing last Friday titled: "Cuba in Crisis: What Congress Needs to Know" Here, former Obama aide @rhodesben.bsky.social discusses how sanctions hamstring Cuba's economic reform and why @democrats.org should be more outspoken on the use of sanctions as collective punishment.

🚨 NEW EPISODE of CEPR's Expert Video Series "From D.C. Across the Americas" This week, Francesca Emanuele on the oil siege of #Cuba  "The claim that Cuba constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. security is an absurd premise that does not withstand serious scrutiny."

Rest in power, Rev. Jesse Jackson. 🕊️ "Rising tides don't lift all boats — particularly those stuck at the bottom." He said it in 1984. We're still fighting the same fight. His voice lives on. #JesseJackson

Congress just reintroduced the Healthy Families Act—7 days of paid sick leave for private sector workers. Wild that in 2026 this is still a fight. Massive thanks to @delauro.house.gov & @sanders.senate.gov  for leading the charge alongside 165+ congressional members. Working people deserve better.

🚨 NEW EPISODE of... "From D.C. Across the Americas" This week: co-director @MarkWeisbroton US sanctions "The US has enormous power over the international financial system, which makes US sanctions much more powerful, and therefore, deadly." FULL VIDEO: https://tinyurl.com/2w648f6w

"The challenges we face today, from drug trafficking to mass deportations to mass migration to climate change, cannot be solved through domination and military intervention. They require real partnerships based on mutual respect and mutual collaboration." -  @velazquez.house.gov

"For more than 200 years, the U.S. has used the Monroe Doctrine to justify a paternalistic, violent, and damaging approach to relations with our neighbors in Latin America and in the Caribbean." -  @ramirez.house.gov calling to bury the Monroe Doctrine today in Congress.

🚨 NEW EPISODE From D.C. Across the Americas 🇨🇴 🇺🇸 This week, CEPR research fellow Mario Osorio analyzes the recent Petro-Trump meeting, where U.S.-Colombia relations go from here, and why everyone should pay attention to Colombia's upcoming elections in May. Full video: https://tinyurl.com/25ehnnjk