unemployment
‘Out of money tomorrow’—Unemployed workers facing nightmare after $600 expires
August 7, 2020Around the country, across industries and occupations, millions of Americans thrown out of work because of the coronavirus are straining to afford the basics.
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Tsunami of evictions underway as moratoriums end
August 4, 2020The nation faces the potential of being plunged into the greatest homelessness crisis in history with the federal government this far poised to do nothing about it.
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GOP maneuvers to block Heroes Act will bring the roof down
July 27, 2020Millions more face poverty, suffering, and even death if the Heroes Act already passed in the House doesn’t become law.
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Some 2.3 million more seek jobless benefits; 52 million since March
July 23, 2020A combined 2,345,946 people filed for state or federal jobless benefits in the week ending July 18, the Labor Department reported.
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D.C. activists hoping to jump-start organizing among the unemployed
July 23, 2020The Claudia Jones School for Political Education recently hosted an Unemployment and Tenant Organizing Town Hall for residents in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) area.
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