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Unemployment
¡hola papi!
Jan. 27, 2023
‘I’m Ashamed of Being Unemployed’ The path is long, crooked, embarrassing, and deeply silly. Having friends and passions will make it tolerable.
By J.P. Brammer
the money game
July 8, 2022
Low Unemployment Won’t Save This Economy The labor market is still running hot, even after the Federal Reserve has been trying its hardest to slow things down.
By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game
May 6, 2022
Where Did 1 Million Workers Go Last Month? The unemployment rate is still near a 50-year low, but more people keep dropping out of the workforce.
By Kevin T. Dugan
unemployment
Sept. 7, 2021
Why the End of Enhanced Unemployment Won’t Solve Restaurants’ Staffing Crisis It doesn’t change anything for people who have moved on from jobs that weren’t working for them.
By Chris Crowley
Why Pandemic Unemployment Benefits (Probably) Won’t Be Extended Delta is extending the pandemic, but Congress isn’t extending UI. Here’s what the expiration of enhanced benefits means for workers and the economy.
By Eric Levitz
market forces
July 22, 2021
Even Biden Says Restaurants Need to Pay Better “I think it really is a matter of people deciding now that they have opportunities to do other things.”
By Rachel Sugar
essential workers
July 1, 2021
They Sewed Protective Masks and Gowns. Who Protected Them? Three L.A. Apparel garment workers on the company’s deadly COVID outbreak last year, when 375 people in one warehouse tested positive.
By Anna Furman
the job market
Apr. 14, 2021
By Chris Crowley
the democrats
Feb. 24, 2021
Democrats Must Stop the IRS From Eating the Unemployed’s Stimulus Checks If Biden doesn’t forgive the taxes on millions of Americans’ unemployment benefits, they might not forgive him for their giant surprise tax bills.
By Eric Levitz
all work no pay
Feb. 5, 2021
A Common Theme for Black Women Unemployment has been our disproportionate reality since long before the pandemic.
By Abby Adesanya
all work no pay
Feb. 4, 2021
Who Are We Without Our Jobs? A job doesn’t need to be a passion to give you a sense of purpose. What happens when it’s gone?
By Katie Heaney
all work no pay
Feb. 4, 2021
‘I’m Bored Out of My Mind’ The Cut talked to a flight attendant for private jets about being grounded by the pandemic.
As told to Nick Tabor
all work no pay
Feb. 3, 2021
Hey, Hun! In women’s joblessness, multi-level marketers saw opportunity.
By Bridget Read
unemployment
Jan. 26, 2021
By Chris Crowley
Families of Color Are Now Facing an Economic Disaster The pandemic is making America’s existing racial inequalities worse.
By Sarah Jones
Nevada Sex Workers Are Getting Stiffed by Brothels, the Government — and COVID Barred from both working and receiving unemployment benefits, sex workers are struggling to survive the inequality of the socially distanced economy.
By Eve Peyser
the economy
Nov. 25, 2020
Jobless Claims Rise Again As Virus Surges A sign that economic recovery may be stalling out as the pandemic grips America again.
By Benjamin Hart
COVID Is Pushing Black Mothers Out of the Workforce at a Staggering Rate A new report found that the group has seen a greater drop in workforce participation than any other.
By Madeleine Aggeler
unemployment
Oct. 1, 2020
By Bridget Read
desperate times
Sept. 25, 2020
‘Feels Like They Are Just Waiting for Us to Die’ On r/unemployment, thousands of desperate people have formed a community to step in where the government failed.
By Bridget Read
unemployment
Aug. 3, 2020
Things Are Going to Get So Much Worse The policies that have barely kept Americans afloat are coming to an end. What will we do now?
By Bridget Read
What Dimension Is Ivanka Living In? Amid record unemployment, she’s launched an ad campaign telling people to just find new jobs.
By Madeleine Aggeler
the top line
July 2, 2020
The Good News and the Bad News in the Latest Jobs Report The economy added a record 4.8 million workers. But there are also some warning signs.
By Josh Barro
No Employment Boom for Georgia After Reopening Brian Kemp’s gamble on a quick reopening hasn’t spiked COVID-19 cases yet. Nor has it so far produced any employment gains.
By Ed Kilgore
The Coronavirus May Be Turning Generational Voting Patterns Upside Down Biden’s looking good with his fellow seniors, but Trump’s doing better than expected with younger voters, and the pandemic may help explain it.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus
Apr. 16, 2020
More Than 22 Million Americans Have Filed for Unemployment in the Past Month Last week, another 5.2 million people lost their jobs in the U.S. as the coronavirus continues to ravage the economy.
By Adam K. Raymond
Biden Inches Toward Sanders on Health Care, Student Loans But on health care in particular, Biden’s revised plan doesn’t do much for those about to get hammered with private-health-insurance costs.
By Ed Kilgore
the top line
Apr. 9, 2020
Another Bloodbath Week for Unemployment The only sliver of good news is that expanded unemployment benefits will help keep more people financially afloat for a while.
By Josh Barro
shutdown diaries
Apr. 9, 2020
As told to Chris Crowley
NJ Governor Requests Expertise of 6 People Who Still Know COBOL Why the effort to mitigate the coronavirus now means mobilizing coders who still know the decades-old programming language.
By Brian Feldman
the top line
Apr. 4, 2020
Job Cuts Will Hit Industries You Don’t Expect Job loss across the economy, even in sectors where you may not have known to look for it, will lead to less spending power and its ripple effects.
By Josh Barro
the top line
Apr. 3, 2020
The Unemployment Situation Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better Friday’s jobs report doesn’t look too bad at first glance, showing March unemployment at 4.4 percent. But that number is stale and irrelevant.
By Josh Barro
the top line
Mar. 26, 2020
Today’s 3.3 Million Job Losses Is Just the Start While the initial unemployment claims figure released on Thursday is shockingly high, it also is probably low.
By Josh Barro
coronavirus
Mar. 19, 2020
With No Other Options, Desperate Restaurant Owners Turn to the Public for Help Without government support, some of the city’s restaurateurs have set up GoFundMe pages to help the staffers they were forced to lay off.
By Nikita Richardson
Unemployment Falls to Lowest Level Since 2000 — But Wage Growth Remains Tepid The new jobs report depicts a resolutely good economy — but still not a great one.
By Eric Levitz
Latest Jobs Report Is a ‘Dream’ for Wall Street Strong employment growth and low wage growth is just what the doctor ordered for stocks. But a possible trade war still looms.
By Ed Kilgore
The Opioid Crisis Is Taking a Toll On the American Labor Force A new study suggests that opioid use may account for 20 percent of the decline in workforce participation among American men.
By Eric Levitz
The U.S. Economy Doesn’t Care Who’s President In June, there were an impressive 222,000 new jobs created. How much does Trump’s agenda have to do with it?
By Ed Kilgore
May Jobs Report Disappoints Despite 16-Year Unemployment Low The 138,000 jobs added to the economy were well below expectations.
By Adam K. Raymond
March Jobs Report Falls Short of Expectations After predictions of a big month, the official jobs report for March showed growth slowing to 98,000 jobs, though the unemployment rate did drop.
By Ed Kilgore
bill de blasio’s new york
Nov. 13, 2015
By Nathan Pemberton
millennial millennialism
Oct. 13, 2015
By Eric Levitz
Can Cell-Phone Data Predict Unemployment? You could be broadcasting a lot more information about your life than you realize.
By Jesse Singal
the economy
Dec. 28, 2013
By Caroline Bankoff
the end of the great recession
Oct. 5, 2012
By Kevin Roose
early and awful
Sept. 11, 2012
Fox News Misleads on Unemployment Rate “Other than Fox News, where are you really seeing those statistics?” asks one proud Fox contributor.
By Dan Amira
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