Battered Towns in England’s North Test Johnson’s Plan to ‘Level Up’

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made far-reaching promises to spread the good life beyond prosperous southeastern England to neglected parts in the middle and North of the country.

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They Never Could Work From Home. These Are Their Stories.

A parallel universe of millions of employees did not have the luxury of thinking about returning to the office — they never left. Six workers share their experiences.

Unemployment Insurance Isn't Holding Back the Economy. Inequality Is.

Ending enhanced unemployment benefits didn't get people back to work. It just made them poorer.

Unemployment Benefit Cut-Off Will Slash Annual Incomes by $144 Billion: Analysis

"By failing to extend unemployment benefits, Congress and the White House will harm working people struggling in the pandemic."

Opinion | Inequality Is Holding Back the Economy, Not Unemployment

"Ending enhanced unemployment benefits didn’t get people back to work. It just made them poorer."

Will the Bus Driver Ever Come? Or the Substitute Teacher or Cafeteria Worker?

Just weeks into the new year, schools are struggling to fill jobs. Low pay, few benefits and erratic schedules are keeping workers away.

U.S. Poverty Fell Last Year as Government Aid Made Up for Lost Jobs

When government benefits are taken into account, a smaller share of the population was living in poverty in 2020 even as the pandemic eliminated millions of jobs.

Opinion | America Can Find a Smarter Way to Help Workers Who Have Lost Their Jobs

The structure of unemployment insurance is broken and does little to help those who pay into it.

Britain Prepared for a Jobs Crisis, Just Not the One It Got

Instead of a surge in unemployment, businesses are struggling to fill positions, presenting a new risk to the pandemic recovery.

The Unemployment Insurance System Is Set to Get a Tech Makeover — but It Needs Much More, the Biden Administration Says

The Labor Department has launched an overhaul of the technology that runs the unemployment insurance system, which was overwhelmed by claims and plagued by fraud during the pandemic. But the agency says Congress must act to fix deeper problems.

Opinion | Michael Bloomberg: How New York City Can Bounce Back, Again

How the next mayor could build a better, safer city after the pandemic. 

800,000 New Yorkers Just Lost Federal Unemployment Benefits

Many pandemic-era federal programs expired on Sunday, leaving jobless New Yorkers with more modest state unemployment benefits, or no aid at all.

Opinion | Here Comes the Autumn of Anxiety

The pandemic hasn’t ended; the rescue programs have.

Unemployment Benefits Created During COVID Reached Workers Historically Shut Out

As COVID unemployment benefits expire, it's clear that they disproportionately helped non-white, low-wage workers.

Your Finances Took a Hit From the Pandemic. Here’s What You Do Now.

Find someone wiser than you, check your credit report and taxes, and stop catastrophizing. This is how you can do it.

Weak Job Gains Leave Washington on High Alert

The Federal Reserve and White House had hoped for strong job gains, and the August report did not deliver. That makes coming numbers critical.

Opinion | What Happens When Jobless Benefits Shrink

Job seekers are more likely to accept an offer when their extra federal jobless benefits expire.

Hiring Slowdown in August Shows Delta Variant’s Impact

Employers added 235,000 jobs, one of the weakest showings of the past year. Work involving in-person contact with customers was particularly affected.

Federal Jobless Aid, a Lifeline to Millions, Reaches an End

The abrupt loss of pandemic unemployment benefits on a broad scale could have long-term effects not only for the recipients but also for the economy.