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Senate Votes To Move Ahead On Extending Unemployment Benefits
By Scott Neuman A three-month extension of federal unemployment benefits for 1.3 million jobless Americans won a key procedural vote in the Senate on Tuesday. The 60-37 vote indicates there’s enough Republican support to move the Emergency Unemployment Compensation, which … Continue reading
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Tagged 99ers, money, Obama, politics, unemployment, unemployment benefits, United States, video
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20 Things the Poor Really Do Every Day
By Ben Irwin Dave Ramsey probably wasn’t expecting this much pushback when he shared a piece by Tim Corley contrasting the habits of the rich with those of the poor. In her response on CNN, Rachel Held Evans noted that … Continue reading
Why High Unemployment Actually Destroys the Fabric of American Life
By Thom Hartmann The Declaration of Independence was the first founding document in the history of the world to specifically mention happiness. As Thomas Jefferson’s famous words read, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created … Continue reading
Could losing your job cost you your life?
By Paige Greenfield If you’ve ever thought that your job and the annoying emails, coworkers, and early mornings that go along with it shaved years off your life, it may not be worse than the alternative: Long-term unemployment speeds aging … Continue reading
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Tagged disease, health, illness, jobs, unemployment, Unemployment Rate
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Black Unemployment Almost Double the National Average
By Imara Jones Despite continued depression-like joblessness amongst blacks and Latinos, this morning’s official unemployment report registered the lowest overall jobless rate in five years. According to the Department of Labor, the percentage of those actively looking for work but who … Continue reading
Why Jobs Go Unfilled Even in Times of High Unemployment
By Amy Sullivan Skills for America’s Future, a policy initiative run out of the Aspen Institute, was created in 2010 as a spin-off of President Obama’s Jobs Council and was originally led by longtime Obama supporter Penny Pritzker. With Pritzker now … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspen Institute, employment, job training, jobs, skill, unemployment, United States
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Being Unemployed For Over Nine Months Is The Same As Losing Four Years Of Experience
By Bryce Covert There is reason to believe that the long-term unemployed face discrimination when they try to get a job. Now some Swedish economists have tried to quantify exactly what that penalty looks like. They found that for someone … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic degree, job search, Nine Months, resume, unemployment, Work experience
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When Male Unemployment Rises, Domestic Violence Rates Fall
By Olga Khazan There was some relatively good news a few days ago that the European Union’s unemployment rate fell in June for the first time in more than two years — that is, until you consider that 10.9 percent … Continue reading
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Tagged domestic violence, England and Wales, European Union, jobs, Male unemployment, people, Sweden, unemployment, women
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80 Percent Of U.S. Adults Face Near-Poverty, Unemployment: Survey
By Hope Yen Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Survey data exclusive to The … Continue reading
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Tagged American dream, Economic security, economy, family, poverty, unemployment, United States
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