unemployment
GOP says workers are lazy, don’t deserve HEROES Act unemployment help
July 22, 2020Are the majority of Americans lazy and averse to work? Would they prefer not to work and to enjoy a free ride from the government? Republicans say yes.
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People of color face mass homelessness as eviction moratoriums end
July 22, 2020Black and brown Americans—the very people who are more likely to succumb to coronavirus or lose their jobs because of it—are disproportionately on the brink of also losing the four walls that public health officials have...
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Despite Trump’s happy talk, 2.4 million more claim jobless benefits
July 16, 2020Another 2,432,380 people filed for unemployment insurance benefits last week, the Labor Department reported.
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As coronavirus rages, official jobless numbers near 33 million
July 9, 2020Daily U.S. infections higher than at any point in pandemic as 2.3 million more apply for unemployment benefits.
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Ukrainian unions demand resignation of lawmaker who wants to sterilize the unemployed
June 29, 2020Galina Tretyakova cited Margaret Thatcher as her inspiration.
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