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US University Leading COVID Response Leaves Black Workers Behind
Laid-off employees at Johns Hopkins University are demanding the four weeks’ pay the institution promised.
Trump Labor Dept. Pushes States to Help Employers Report Workers Who Stay Home
Under current law, those who refuse “suitable work” are ineligible for unemployment benefits.
Schools Are Struggling to Feed Hungry Students as Unemployment Rises
Even before the pandemic, family poverty forced over 22 million children to rely on free or reduced-fee school meals.
Employers in Ohio Urged to Snitch on Workers Who Stay Home to Avoid COVID-19
As Ohio reopens, officials are saying that avoiding a deadly pandemic is not a sufficient reason to stay home from work.
Trump Says Lost Jobs “Will All Be Back” Very Soon. Economists Disagree.
Unemployment jumped to 14.7 percent last month, and the economic crisis may not ease until 2023, some economists warn.
Mass Unemployment Amid the Pandemic Is an Indictment of Capitalism
Worker co-ops lack capitalism’s irrational fixation on profit, so they are not subject to boom-and-bust job cycles.
The Pandemic Hasn’t Stopped Aggressive Medical-Debt Collection
While unemployment soars, debt collection continues, often by the same institutions treating COVID-19 patients.
Reopening the Economy Now Will Send Us Deeper Into Hell
The threats ahead are mass immiseration and hunger on a scale unseen since 1933.
COVID-19 Exposes the Delicate Economic Balance We All Live in Under Capitalism
This pandemic makes it clear that under capitalism, the worker is not that far removed from the pauper.
Trump May Push for New Task Force to Reopen Economy, Against Americans’ Wishes
There may be political motivations behind the president's goal to reopening the nation's economy.