@WSpriggs

Chief Economist, @AFLCIO and Professor, Dept. of Economics, @HowardU

 Washington, DC
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Joined May 2013
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#RaiseTheWage will affect real people, let's end debating theory and listen to them: bit.ly/1fu6pyn
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TUAC@TUACOECD19 May 2023
#G7 Hiroshima Summit 19-21 May Trade unions say📣higher wages that keep up with inflation are a social & economic necessity & 📢call on leaders to support higher wages determined through collective bargaining @WSpriggs @CathyFeingold @StephenJRusse1 @unionion @flo_moritz @ituc
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Vanessa Kortekaas@V_Kortekaas19 May 2023
Replying to @WSpriggs
Thank you professor. Your contributions, especially on the roots of inequality in the banking system and in property ownership, were essential to telling the story of unequal access to banking services today.
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TUAC@TUACOECD19 May 2023
#G7 HiroshimaSummit 🇯🇵 @G7 leaders under pressure to deliver 👍🏾higher wages 👍🏾promote collective bargaining 👍🏾universal access to social protection shorturl.at/pwDK0 @WSpriggs @CathyFeingold @StephenJRusse1l @unionion @flo_moritz @MaherTekaya @salvamarra @PresidentCLC @ituc
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Ron Filipkowski
@RonFilipkowski19 May 2023
I have been waiting for this for years. Ladies, when the line is too long so you decide to grab that vacant, solo mens room, get ready for prison.
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Equitable Growth
@equitablegrowth2 Mar 2023
🚨 Today, more than 200 top economists wrote to Congress urging them to raise the #DebtCeiling promptly and without limitations 🚨 Read the full statement from @benbernanke, @RBReich, @BetseyStevenson, @JosephEStiglitz, @LauraDTyson, and (many) more: equitablegrowth.org/wp-conte…
Letter to Kevin McCarthy, Hakeem Jeffries, Charles Schumer, and Mitch McConnell on debt ceiling

ALT Letter to Kevin McCarthy, Hakeem Jeffries, Charles Schumer, and Mitch McConnell on debt ceiling

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Ellen Vollinger@emv5216 May 2023
.@SenStabenow draws red line on #SNAPmatters time limits #DebtCeiling via @leahjdouglas🍴#FarmBill🍴🚜 @DrPhil14 @WSpriggs @TheBowTieSpeaks @cheyne_andrew @dodsonadvocate @cj_wong @triadas @susansternberg @LarryMishel @rebeccavallas @SeeMiaRoll @PatMLRI
Leah Douglas@leahjdouglas15 May 2023
NEW: With a little over two weeks to go before a potential default, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, told me SNAP work requirements are still a 'red line' in debt ceiling talks. My latest: reuters.com/world/us/food-ai…

Food aid cuts still 'red line' in debt ceiling talks, says Senate farm committee chair

Expanding work requirements for the largest U.S. food assistance program is still a "red line" in negotiations over raising the country's debt ceiling to avert a looming default, Senate Agriculture...

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Congrats on your award
Vanessa Kortekaas@V_Kortekaas10 Mar 2023
Thank you @SABEW for recognising our piece that illustrates the links between bank branch closures, inequality and the racial wealth gap in the US. @TaylorNRogers @benmarinojourno 🎥 ft.com/video/8aa07102-a9dd-4…

US bank branch closures widen social inequality | FT Film

The FT travels to the Mississippi Delta to see how banking and predatory lending widen social inequality. With more than 1,600 'banking deserts' in the US, the lack of financial services is hitting...

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Vanessa Kortekaas@V_Kortekaas10 Mar 2023
Thank you also to our incredible contributors, including: @MehrsaBaradaran @jessevantol @dogambrell @prosperitynow @wspriggs @HopeCUbill @justice4ms @RepJamesClyburn Your insight was vital to shining a light on the roots of inequality in the banking system - and how to fix it.
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PRBA@PRBA_ISR16 May 2023
New study by former @prba student Thomas LaViest @tlaveist @plouie01 @tysonbrown @SandyDarity @DarrickHamilton @ifatunji @BethAngell9 @umisr @RCGD_ISR @learothawms @DrEFleming7 @WSpriggs @KBulloc2 @IjeomaOparaPHD @ChristyLErving @RyonCobb @FDuBoisBowman nih.gov/news-events/news-rel…

NIH-funded study highlights the financial toll of health disparities in the United States

Ground-breaking study provides national and state-level estimates of the economic burden of health disparities by race and ethnicity and educational levels.

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Daniel Buk
@DanBuk417 May 2023
ChatGPT Is Not ‘#ArtificialIntelligence.’ It’s Theft. bit.ly/3BxR1yn #AI @rainerkattel @daeaves @JuliusKrein @oren_cass @AmerCompass @duncan_braid @gnrodriguez2 @wellscking @doctorow @teamhumanshow @WalterDGreason @WSpriggs @jryancollins @BrettKing

ChatGPT is not ‘artificial intelligence.’ It’s theft.

Calling programs like ChatGPT “artificial intelligence” grants them a claim to authorship that is simply untrue.

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Congrats to @aaronsojourner for this attention to his labor leverage ratio npr.org/2023/05/05/117438485…

Who's the boss in today's labor market? : The Indicator from Planet Money

It's one thing to quit your job and a completely other thing to get laid off or fired. A new indicator compares quits with firings and layoffs to measure who has more power in today's labor market,...

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Vice President Harris convenes young men of color for small business roundtable thegrio.com/?p=1052664

Vice President Harris convenes young men of color for small business roundtable

The vice president gathered dozens of entrepreneurs of color to discuss how the Biden-Harris administration could support them.

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Frank Deale@fdeale14 May 2023
The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History Is Here, With Familiar (Rich) Winners nytimes.com/2023/05/14/busin…

The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History Is Here, With Familiar (Rich) Winners (Published 2023)

In an era of surging home and stock values, U.S. family wealth has soared. The trillions of dollars going to heirs will largely reinforce inequality.

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Congrats, the first full commencement exercise for the @howardu Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts receive their BFA BM MFA and MM with Dean @PhyliciaRashad
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Andrew Cheyne@cheyne_andrew13 May 2023
.@RepBarbaraLee @RepJudyChu @RepBarragan @RepSaraJacobs lead #TriCaucus letter urging a clean #DebtCeiling bill and #NoCuts to life-saving programs. The evidence base proves such cuts are failed, punitive, and reinforce racial discrimination - they just be rejected!
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Now it's official, in the @HU_COAS are the new @howardecon alums #HU2023 of @howardu
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Two of our new @howardecon PhDs, now it IS official congratulations Dr @NyanyaBrowne
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Jose M. Fernandez@UofLEcon12 May 2023
Replying to @WSpriggs
A huge loss. He brought just an extra ray of light into every room.
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Some of our @howardecon undergraduates being recognized @HU_COAS ceremony today. @howardu #HU2023 – at Washington, DC
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Mariah Cooley delivering the @HU_COAS reflections for #HUClassof2023 Recognition Ceremony. She will be using her talents to work for a Black-led national anti-gun violence organization in Chicago. @howardu inspires students to make big changes. – at Washington, DC
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