unemployment
Labor and allies pressure Congress to pass American Rescue Plan
February 24, 2021The Biden package is designed to give a “knockout blow” to the pandemic and its gruesome health, economic, and social impacts.
Read more
Pandemic’s 1-2 punch: Unemployment up, life expectancy down
February 19, 2021Spotlighting the modern-day plague’s impact on people of color, the report showed life expectancy for Black Americans dropped by 2.7 years on average, higher than for any other group.
Read more
Some 1.16 million more people sought jobless aid last week
February 4, 2021The Congressional Budget Office projects high unemployment until 2031, underlining the need to go big on the stimulus.
Read more
Coronavirus causes 35% weekly hike in jobless claim applications
January 15, 2021Jobless crisis sharpens as depression resulting from virus-forced closures deepens.
Read more
GOP senators feel the heat on $2,000 stimulus
December 29, 2020Sen. Sanders says he will filibuster defense bill to force a vote on the higher stimulus checks.
Read more