Harvard University economist Jason Furman suggested in a new study that the American Rescue Plan’s expansion of unemployment benefits could be harming the United States’ post-pandemic economic recovery. Furman’s study ...
Topline President Joe Biden’s administration does not believe $300-a-week enhanced unemployment benefits are leading to widespread worker shortages, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Monday, as those continued benefits ...
In April of last year, I sat down in front of my computer for a Zoom call with my supervisor at the small technology consulting firm where I was an ...
Nearly a year into the pandemic, more than 10 million people are out of work in the United States. That number is partial, excluding the seven million people who are ...
Millions of Americans stand to lose their federal unemployment benefits Saturday if President Donald Trump does not sign the bipartisan coronavirus relief bill. The bill, which Congress passed with overwhelming ...
The holidays aren't looking so happy this year. Noam Galai/Getty Images Christmas is going to be miserable for many Americans this year. While higher-income Americans have seen jobs return and ...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Sens. Joe Manchin and Susan Collins, just unveiled a $908 billion package to try to end the gridlock over a coronavirus stimulus. Their plan ...
President Trump this week announced that he’s told his negotiators to end talks for now on a new stimulus bill. While that would wreck the chances for a new round ...
Writing for The New Republic, Clio Chang recently described her three-month attempt to receive unemployment benefits in New York after being laid off from her job at Vice. As a ...
Six months into the pandemic, some laid-off workers find themselves waiting weeks or even months to receive their unemployment benefits. States blame antiquated technology and say their staffers can’t keep ...
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