Another 1.1 million US workers have lost their jobs as virus continues
The latest figures suggest that more than five months after the viral outbreak erupted the economy is still weak.
By Associated Press - August 20, 2020The latest figures suggest that more than five months after the viral outbreak erupted the economy is still weak.
By Associated Press - August 20, 2020Donald Trump complained that Goodyear ‘announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS.’
By Josh Israel - August 19, 2020Thirty percent of LGBTQ people have had their hours reduced as a result of the crisis, compared to 22% of the general population.
By Casey Quinlan - August 19, 2020Analysts say those ‘new’ jobs are mostly from people returning to jobs they lost during the lockdown.
By Josh Israel - August 13, 2020Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) is upset that Trump won’t get in line with Republicans in Congress.
By Oliver Willis - August 07, 2020Senate Republicans want to cut extra weekly unemployment payments from $600 per week to $200 per week.
By Emily Singer - July 29, 2020Trump and the GOP let expanded unemployment benefits expire, but they think more tax deductions for businesses are needed.
By Emily Singer - July 27, 2020The Biden campaign’s proposals attempt to illustrate for voters how the coronavirus can present opportunities for job growth and new policy priorities.
By Associated Press - July 21, 2020The $600 weekly unemployment insurance boost is set to expire on July 31.
By Emily Singer - July 15, 2020A new study found the coronavirus economic collapse has led to the largest increase in uninsured Americans in history. And Trump could make that worse as he pushes for an Obamacare repeal.
By Emily Singer - July 14, 2020Trump said the economy is coming back ‘bigger and better than we ever thought possible.’
By Emily Singer - July 02, 2020Trump recently declared that the economy had experienced ‘the greatest comeback in American history.’
By Emily Singer - June 11, 2020While 2.5 million Americans got their jobs back after temporary virus-related layoffs, millions more remain out of work — including millions whose layoffs are permanent.
By Emily Singer - June 05, 2020Over 30 million Americans have filed jobless claims in the past six weeks.
By Josh Israel - April 30, 2020It’s the largest and fastest string of job losses on record since 1948.
By Associated Press - April 09, 2020More than 1,000 Americans have died from coronavirus, and over 3.28 million filed for unemployment in the last week.
By Oliver Willis - March 26, 2020‘There is no time to waste.’
By Derek Kilmer - March 24, 2020Trump said a lot of things that aren’t remotely true in the past week.
By Associated Press - February 03, 2020He also tried to blame House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for closing Congress, but she didn’t.
By Associated Press - November 21, 2019A year out from his next Election Day, the Rust Belt revival Trump promised isn’t materializing.
By Associated Press - November 03, 2019The economy appears to be slowing.
By Associated Press - October 28, 2019Americans have lost thousands of jobs on Trump’s watch.
By Oliver Willis - August 21, 2019The move will kill over 1,000 jobs and harm conservation efforts.
By Mike Stankiewicz - June 07, 2019Trump promised his policies and actions would create 8.9 million new jobs. In reality, they created 797.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 07, 2019Coal jobs are still going away despite Trump’s promises. But he is making it easier for polluters to have their way and threaten more people’s lives.
By Oliver Willis - August 21, 2018Sanders was forced to make an apology after she was outed as a liar.
By Tommy Christopher - August 15, 2018July’s jobs report, like Trump’s entire term in office so far, was a disappointment.
By Tommy Christopher - August 03, 2018The Trump administration doesn’t seem to care about 146,000 Americans who will lose their jobs because of Trump’s trade war.
By Tommy Christopher - March 22, 2018Imaginary jobs are way up under Trump.
By Tommy Christopher - March 06, 2018Trump’s Twitter tantrums are now imperiling the entire U.S. auto industry.
By Caroline Orr - March 03, 2018