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Unemployment
Unemployment news and analysis from The Nation
August 3, 2020
Democratic votes to make the Federal Reserve the silent partner in big business plunder in March make it easier for Republicans to stiff the unemployed in August.
July 24, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed deep and unexamined assumptions about the nature and value of work in the United States.
July 22, 2020
Republicans are putting American workers in danger. Progressive Democrats need to stop them before it’s too late.
June 2, 2020
The economic fallout from Covid-19 has created an opening for unions to lead a mass movement.
May 29, 2020
So far, government relief efforts have been helping banks and corporations rather than Main Street.
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May 29, 2020
Social media probably does need public regulation—but make no mistake, Trump’s latest move is a would-be tyrant’s attack on truth-telling.
May 29, 2020
Finding a way to provide economic security to our fractured labor force is one of the central goals of our time.
May 19, 2020
A botched pandemic response in the US has led to an astounding death toll, a sky-high unemployment rate, and rising inequality.
May 8, 2020
As unemployment reaches Depression-era levels, Pramila Jayapal has a plan that responds with a New Deal–level of urgency.
April 23, 2020
Though it includes some relief for student loan borrowers, it’s hardly enough. And advocates are fighting for more.
