Jobs
BLS: New claims for jobless benefits fall by 20%
April 15, 2021It’s at least a sign that some workers are finding jobs again more than a year after the pandemic began officially.
Read morePublic infrastructure jobs helped beat the Great Depression; they can do it again
April 9, 2021Today's Democrats would do well to learn from the legacy of the government jobs programs that helped save the country in the 1930s.
Read moreOfficial jobless rate down but reality a lot worse
April 5, 2021We’re still below where we were at the start of the pandemic and for African Americana men it is really bad.
Read moreAlmost 19m workers got jobless benefits through early March
March 25, 2021Two million more applied for the aid since then.
Read moreIt’s time to shorten the workday—and the workweek
February 25, 2021There's no reason other than private profit to maintain the five-day/eight-hour week.
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