Arizonans’ incomes remain far below the national average and those of most neighboring states. While Arizona has seen some improvement in the past year—likely attributable to the minimum wage passage 15 2016—deep disparitiesf or communities of color persist. Black, Latino, and American Indian households earn significantly less than White households and remain well below Arizona’s median household income.
A new analysis from the Brookings Institute estimates that more than 145,000 U.S. citizen children have experienced the detention of a parent since the beginning of the Trump administration’s expanded…
New analysis from the Arizona Center for Economic Progress, using the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator, shows what Arizona’s affordability crisis looks like inside a Phoenix household budget:…
Across the country, immigration detention is no longer being treated as a temporary enforcement tool. It is increasingly being funded and built like permanent federal infrastructure. Congress…
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