Here’s a sampling of links that EPI’s research team found insightful today:

• “A ‘fiscal cliff’ deal is near: Here are the details” (Wonkblog)
• “Conservatives complain Sandy bill includes millions in unrelated spending” (On The Money)
• “Assimilated by the Peterson Borg” (Paul Krugman)
• “Black jobless rate is twice that of whites” (Washington Post)
• “The Great Manufacturing Skill-Shift Labor Shortage: Hard to See” (Employment Policy Research Network)
• “A Giant Statistical Round-up of the Income Inequality Crisis in 16 Charts” (The Atlantic)