“I was finally able to sit on hold almost four hours. Then I got disconnected,” said one Arizona man attempting to apply for benefits. byJake Johnson, Unemployment forms are seen kept at a drive thru […]
The Kent State shootings further widened the chasm among a citizenry divided over the Vietnam War By Angela Serratore SMITHSONIANMAG.COM In the days after May 4, 1970, the date the Ohio National Guard killed four unarmed […]
by RICHARD D. WOLFF Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The difficulties caused to workers by record unemployment during the pandemic are a product of capitalism. Most of the time, employers decide to hire or fire workers […]
by DEAN BAKER Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Temporary layoffs make up 78.3 percent of unemployment. As expected, the April jobs report showed a catastrophic hit to the labor market stemming from the pandemic. The economy […]
By Lawrence Davidson I have been writing these analyses for 10 years. Really not a great amount of time, but enough that you see leaders ignorantly repeat the mistakes of their predecessors. You also notice that […]
BYErik Edstrom, TomDispatch “Every day is a copy of a copy of a copy.” That meme, from the moment when Edward Norton’s character in Fight Club offers a 1,000-yard stare at an office copy machine, captures this […]
BYJake Johnson, With the stated goal of rooting out “waste and fraud” in the unemployment insurance system, President Donald Trump’s Department of Labor is openly encouraging ongoing state efforts to help employers report workers who refuse to […]
BY: William Bruno, Truthout The patient arrives in the emergency department breathing three to four times faster than normal — a physiologic response to the lungs’ inability to transmit sufficient oxygen to the body. It […]
BY: Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19 Anastasia Ali considers herself lucky. Each day, she walks eight blocks from her Brooklyn, New York, apartment to PS/IS 104 and is given […]
President Donald Trump made a questionable remark on Monday during a press briefing at the White House, telling an Asian American reporter to “ask China” in response to a question she asked. CBS News White House […]