Jobs: A make or break issue in the fight for climate reform
April 23, 2021
Those who fight against climate reform claim it will cost jobs but proponents argue it will create new ones
Fact Check: Trump’s false claims on jobs, race
August 16, 2018
President Donald Trump is taking unjustified credit for recent job gains by black Americans even as he defends himself against claims of racism. Trump and
Looking for ways put food stamp recipients to work
March 20, 2015
Ten states will test new ways to get food stamp recipients back to work, using Agriculture Department grants aimed at helping some of the 46
A strong monthly job gain: Will it continue?
November 7, 2014
Just after a midterm election that was driven by voters’ anxiety about the U.S. economy, the government is likely Friday to report the latest strong
Jobless rate drops to lowest level since July 2008
October 3, 2014
U.S. employers added 248,000 jobs in September, a burst of hiring that helped drive down the unemployment rate to 5.9 percent, the lowest since July
Good job numbers vex doom-and-gloom politicians
July 4, 2014
The top jobs numbers for June would have seemed to be cause for some appreciation. After all, the unemployment rate dipped to 6.1 percent, the
Where, oh where, are all of America’s missing workers?
June 10, 2014
The unemployment rate has been on a slow downward trajectory since the recession ended nearly five years ago. While the overall jobless level has dropped
For men, the future doesn’t look too good
March 2, 2014
If you’re an American man you’re more likely to be unemployed than your female counterparts. Today more than 4.3 million Americans are considered “long-term unemployed”
Recession, tech cost middle class Americans their jobs
January 23, 2013
Five years after the start of the Great Recession, the toll is terrifyingly clear: Millions of middle-class jobs have been lost in developed countries the
Health care claims long on hype, short on facts
January 19, 2011
Republicans pushing to repeal President Barack Obama‘s health care overhaul warn that 650,000 jobs will be lost if the law is allowed to stand. But