CEPR News September 25, 2025
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Trump’s recent extrajudicial and lethal attacks on small boats in the Caribbean, which have killed an estimated 17 people, could set a terrifying and dangerous precedent, Mark Weisbrot wrote in a recent Newsweek op-ed. “The strike[s] on the Venezuelan boat[s] represents a new kind of war, in which our government claims the right to summarily execute civilians from the air in what legal experts, including from the military, consider illegal killings,” Weisbrot writes.
And, Weisbrot notes, “This abandonment of the rule of law, and the removal of restrictions on the use of force and violence outside the US, has real implications for Americans at home." |
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Teacher ‘Pay Penalty’ Hits Record High
The teacher pay penalty — the relative gap between the weekly wages of teachers and other college graduates — grew to a record 26.9 percent in 2024, according to new research from CEPR and the Economic Policy Institute. Or to put it another way: Teachers are earning 73.1 cents on the dollar compared with what similar college graduates earn. Sylvia Allegretto's research shows that closing the pay gap between public teachers and other professionals would help attract and retain qualified educators, boost student achievement, and secure the future of public education.
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Tonight: Book Talk with Greg Grandin and Ryan Grim
Join us this evening, September 25 at 6:00 p.m. ET at Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC for a discussion between Greg Grandin and Ryan Grim about Grandin’s New York Times bestseller America, América: A New History of the New World, a sweeping history redefining the Americas and the modern world. The event will be moderated by CEPR’s Francesca Emanuele.
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| Shakedown Shack: The Trump White House
Trump’s approach to economic policy has turned the federal government into a pay-to-play scheme, using tariffs, visas, and regulations to funnel money and power back to himself. Dean Baker lays out the case. |
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| Preserving Progress at the State Level
On a recent Mostly Economics podcast, Dean Baker interviews Laura Dresser of Wisconsin's High Road Strategy Center about the power of state and local policy to improve working people’s lives – from minimum wage and community college programs to progressive policies on childcare, transportation, and education. |
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Taking Points Memo, quoting Algernon Austin, Why the Spike in Black Unemployment Is an Alarming Sign of What’s to Come
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CounterSpin, interviewing Alex Main on Venezuelan Boat Assault
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Business Insider, quoting Eileen Appelbaum, The Brain-Breaking Problem of Figuring Out Private Equity Returns
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El País, quoting Mario Osorio, La lucha contra las drogas exacerba la turbulenta relación entre Estados Unidos y Colombia
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Bloomberg, citing Algernon Austin, Black Unemployment Is Surging in Trump's Overhaul of US Economy
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Associated Press, quoting Jake Johnson, ICE Agents Arrest One of Haiti’s Most Powerful and Wealthy Businessmen on US Soil
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