Ben Zipperer
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Trump’s new H-2A wage rule will radically cut the wages of all farmworkers - and that appears to be the administration's explicit intention: New estimates from @benzipperer.org & me at @epi.org show farmworkers stand to lose $4.4 to $5.4 billion annually under DOL’s updated Adverse Effect Wage Rate
Trump’s new H-2A wage rule will radically cut the wages of all farmworkers: New estimates show farmworkers stand to lose $4.4 to $5.4 billion annually under DOL’s updated Adverse Effect Wage Rate
The Trump administration will cut the pay of all farmworkers by reducing the minimum wages paid to workers filling seasonal agricultural jobs in the H-2A visa program. By lowering wage rates implement...
www.epi.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Trump’s new H-2A wage rule will radically cut the wages of all farmworkers - and that appears to be the administration's explicit intention: New estimates from @benzipperer.org & me at @epi.org show farmworkers stand to lose $4.4 to $5.4 billion annually under DOL’s updated Adverse Effect Wage Rate
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After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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Reposted by Ben Zipperer
On Dec. 3rd, I will be releasing a @higheredlabor.<a href="https://bsky.social/Jain" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">bsky.social/Jain Family Institute paper co-written w/Andrew Elrod:
Rebuilding American Higher Education: from an Engine of Inequality to a Pillar of the Public Interest
In-person panel discussion in NYC:
jainfamilyinstitute.org/event-on-dec...
Rebuilding American Higher Education: from an Engine of Inequality to a Pillar of the Public Interest
In-person panel discussion in NYC:
jainfamilyinstitute.org/event-on-dec...
Event on Dec 3: Why American Higher Education Needs An Overhaul - Jain Family Institute
In-person at the Century Foundation in Manhattan at 6pm.
jainfamilyinstitute.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
On Dec. 3rd, I will be releasing a @higheredlabor.<a href="https://bsky.social/Jain" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">bsky.social/Jain Family Institute paper co-written w/Andrew Elrod:
Rebuilding American Higher Education: from an Engine of Inequality to a Pillar of the Public Interest
In-person panel discussion in NYC:
jainfamilyinstitute.org/event-on-dec...
Rebuilding American Higher Education: from an Engine of Inequality to a Pillar of the Public Interest
In-person panel discussion in NYC:
jainfamilyinstitute.org/event-on-dec...
please Hammer don't hurt 'em
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
please Hammer don't hurt 'em
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
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yes good alright
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
yes good alright
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I think Claude Code has achieved AGI
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I think Claude Code has achieved AGI
the annual supply of pasta has arrived
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
the annual supply of pasta has arrived
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Hey, #EconSky!
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is here @usbls.bsky.social!
bsky.app/profile/usbl...
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is here @usbls.bsky.social!
bsky.app/profile/usbl...
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hey, #EconSky!
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is here @usbls.bsky.social!
bsky.app/profile/usbl...
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is here @usbls.bsky.social!
bsky.app/profile/usbl...
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Trump's CBP chief is a fabulist psychopath who openly takes pleasure in brutal acts of violence against civilians and freely lies under oath about the atrocities he commits and orchestrates. These are the tactics of terrorists, unleashed on our cities by our own government. slate.com/news-and-pol...
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Trump's CBP chief is a fabulist psychopath who openly takes pleasure in brutal acts of violence against civilians and freely lies under oath about the atrocities he commits and orchestrates. These are the tactics of terrorists, unleashed on our cities by our own government. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Latest ICE deportation data through mid-November suggest Trump and Miller are at half their desired pace of deportations (one million annually)
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Latest ICE deportation data through mid-November suggest Trump and Miller are at half their desired pace of deportations (one million annually)
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Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
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It's not a sophisticated reaction, but my response to both "quiet, piggy" and the Coast Guard okaying swastikas and nooses is a deep sadness that the compassion we're working so hard to foster in our children will not just be challenged by schoolyard bullies but by the highest levels of society.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It's not a sophisticated reaction, but my response to both "quiet, piggy" and the Coast Guard okaying swastikas and nooses is a deep sadness that the compassion we're working so hard to foster in our children will not just be challenged by schoolyard bullies but by the highest levels of society.
Checking in with the latest employment data to see how the Trump administration is helping US-born workers...
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Checking in with the latest employment data to see how the Trump administration is helping US-born workers...
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In addition to Black unemployment, I've been keeping my eye on the unemployment rate for young workers. With depressed hires, I'm concerned about the ability for young workers to break into the labor market. Their unemployment rate has been steadily rising for much of the last 2 1/2 years.
#EconSky
#EconSky
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In addition to Black unemployment, I've been keeping my eye on the unemployment rate for young workers. With depressed hires, I'm concerned about the ability for young workers to break into the labor market. Their unemployment rate has been steadily rising for much of the last 2 1/2 years.
#EconSky
#EconSky
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The headline here is very misleading - this draft EO does very little. It certainly doesn't ban state AI laws (b/c that's not something the executive branch can do).
What an ai first administration looks like.
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations.
www.theverge.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The headline here is very misleading - this draft EO does very little. It certainly doesn't ban state AI laws (b/c that's not something the executive branch can do).
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If the arrests and detentions continue to escalate, it will be a major blow to North Carolina's labor market, particularly the state's construction industry
Four years of Trump's deportations could reduce NC construction employment by 25%
Four years of Trump's deportations could reduce NC construction employment by 25%
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If the arrests and detentions continue to escalate, it will be a major blow to North Carolina's labor market, particularly the state's construction industry
Four years of Trump's deportations could reduce NC construction employment by 25%
Four years of Trump's deportations could reduce NC construction employment by 25%
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SCOOP: Mario Díaz-Balart, a top House GOP appropriator, tried to add guardrails against pocket rescissions to an appropriations bill — something Democrats have been wanting for months
But then Russ Vought intervened, and Díaz-Balart quietly got rid of the provision
www.notus.org/congress/mar...
But then Russ Vought intervened, and Díaz-Balart quietly got rid of the provision
www.notus.org/congress/mar...
A Top Republican Wanted to Reclaim Congress’ Spending Authority. The White House Stopped Him.
Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, a top appropriator, tried to add guardrails from ‘pocket rescissions’ in an appropriations bill. But then Office of Management Budget Director Russ Vought talked to him.
www.notus.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
SCOOP: Mario Díaz-Balart, a top House GOP appropriator, tried to add guardrails against pocket rescissions to an appropriations bill — something Democrats have been wanting for months
But then Russ Vought intervened, and Díaz-Balart quietly got rid of the provision
www.notus.org/congress/mar...
But then Russ Vought intervened, and Díaz-Balart quietly got rid of the provision
www.notus.org/congress/mar...
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BLS confirms that October jobs report will not be released, but that October payroll numbers will be published with the November report
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
BLS confirms that October jobs report will not be released, but that October payroll numbers will be published with the November report
Requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings increased competition for jobs and raised wages
Cool new study of 11 states and 5 municipalities
A simple policy for states and localities to boost wages by a modest but meaningful amount
Cool new study of 11 states and 5 municipalities
A simple policy for states and localities to boost wages by a modest but meaningful amount
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings increased competition for jobs and raised wages
Cool new study of 11 states and 5 municipalities
A simple policy for states and localities to boost wages by a modest but meaningful amount
Cool new study of 11 states and 5 municipalities
A simple policy for states and localities to boost wages by a modest but meaningful amount