Unemployment

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December 4, 2020
America’s employers sharply scaled back their hiring last month as the viral pandemic accelerated across the country, adding 245,000 jobs.
December 3, 2020
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell as the nation celebrated Thanksgiving last week to a still-high 712,000
October 23, 2020
For the first time in nearly 50 years, older workers face higher unemployment than their midcareer counterparts, according to a…
Gretchen Whitmer Michigan executive orders thegrio.com
October 6, 2020
Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has been denied the ability to issue executive orders leaving unemployment tenuous for 800,000.
Black woman mask COVID thegrio.com
October 1, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic could set women, especially women of color, back several decades according to several economists.
August 8, 2020
Trump’s embrace of executive actions runs in sharp contrast to his criticism of former President Barack Obama’s use of executive…
August 1, 2020
After 13 weeks of supplementing state unemployment, the federal governemnt’s pandemic unemployment assistance has officially ended as of last night.
July 18, 2020
The rate of evictions from landlords are returning to normal as those unable to pay rent during the pandemic still…
June 16, 2020
Scams and scammers have used the coronavirus pandemic to line their own pockets with a wide variety of new tactics…
June 5, 2020
Unemployment may be declining for most Americans but those figures might not show the complete picture for those who are…
Black women working theGrio.com
May 8, 2020
Blacks and Latinx people have been hit harder than their white counterparts, and work for women has been more reduced…
Jobless Claims Unemployment thegrio.com
May 8, 2020
The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished.
Andy Beshear theGrio.com
April 29, 2020
A Kentucky man got a personal apology from the governor of his state, Andy Beshear after being accused of unemployment…
April 26, 2020
Since the pandemic intensified in the United States, billionaires saw their fortunes grow collectively by 10%, or an estimated $282…
April 23, 2020
More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across a shutdown…
April 12, 2020
Americans have been waiting to get their hands on a coronavirus stimulus check from the U.S. government and the wait…
H.E.R. thegrio
April 4, 2020
With concerts canceled due to coronavirus, artists and their crews are losing out on millions of dollars. H.E.R decided to…
Gov. Ron DeSantis theGrio.com
April 3, 2020
Florida’s unemployment system is failing thousands of people who need it the most and now some Republicans are admitting the…
April 2, 2020
More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — doubling a record high set just one week
March 26, 2020
Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week amid a widespread economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus.