unemployment
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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COVID-19 death march: India’s migrant workers head home, heralding virus surge
June 26, 2020With infection spreading and a rising death toll, they would rather go home and die among their own than starve in the far-off places where they've struggled to eke out a living.
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