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GOP States Spurn Unemployment Funding to Force Workers Back Into Low-Paying Jobs
The GOP's actions could leave the country with vastly different employment social safety nets for red and blue states.
We Can’t Just Tell People to “Go Back to Work.” We Have to Improve Workplaces.
After this past year, people want work to be more than a dreary ordeal of basic survival at an unsustainable wage.
Less-Educated Workers Were Hardest Hit in Recession. That Hasn’t Changed.
Unemployment due to voluntary quits is still extraordinarily low.
Pentagon and Tax Cheats Already Cost Taxpayers Far More Than Biden’s Job Plan
A $2.3 trillion jobs plan only seems remarkable because the federal government has grown stingy toward real investment.
Ayanna Pressley Unveils Jobs Guarantee Resolution
The resolution calls for “meaningful, dignified work” at a livable wage as an enforceable legal right in the U.S.
New Study Says Appalachian Fracking Boom Has Done Little for Local Economies
The analysis concluded that about 90 percent of the wealth created from shale gas extraction leaves local communities.
January’s Jobs Report Proves Need for Swift Stimulus Passage, Biden Says
Biden also underscored the need to have a robust bill. “We can’t do too much here. We can do too little,” he said.
Trump Is the First President to Leave Office With a Loss of Jobs Since Hoover
The unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent, but job growth is still weak.
Cancel the Rent: A Rising National Rent Strike Movement Gains Momentum
In the absence of help from Congress, rent strikes have become a widespread response to brutal economic pressure.
Unemployment Falls to 6.9 Percent — But Don’t Expect Improvements to Last
With COVID-19 numbers hitting new records almost daily, the future is anything but certain when it comes to employment.