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Economy As the holiday shopping seasons gears up, workers in the United States are still suffering. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
Economy Black Friday Is Coming. America’s Workers Are Still Suffering.

As the nation’s busiest shopping day approaches, the economic pain endured by millions of low-income and unemployed Americans is growing.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil November 25, 2020 12:09 pm EST
Economy 200,000 Black Workers Dropped Out of the Labor Force in September
Economy Lack of Relief Funding Is Desperately Widening the Inequality Gap

“For Black workers, it’s gotten worse as the pandemic has dragged on. They’ve been less likely to bounce back and find jobs than other groups.”

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright October 27, 2020 11:24 am EDT
Courts Why Unions and Labor Advocates Are Worried About Amy Coney Barrett
Courts Amy Coney Barrett Could Be Catastrophic for Worker Protections and Labor Rights

With the impending confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, labor experts are concerned that a 6-3 conservative court could further erode worker protections.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil October 26, 2020 11:43 am EDT
Work What it's like to live on low wages in North Carolina
Work North Carolina Mom Tries to Make It on Less Than $10 an Hour. Sometimes She Doesn’t.

Ieisha Franceis, a mother and grandmother in Durham, North Carolina, talks about the hardships she endures just trying to make ends meet.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil October 19, 2020 2:02 pm EDT
Economy Unemployment
Economy ‘You Don’t Care About Us’: Unemployed Americans Say Their Government Has Failed Them

The latest jobless claims report shows the number of applications are inching back up again. We spoke to people around the country about what life is like unemployed in a pandemic.

Eric Ginsburg Eric Ginsburg October 16, 2020 10:51 am EDT

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
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Money Low-wage workers in Florida
Money ‘I’m Barely Making It’: Florida Workers Share What It’s Like to Live on Less Than $10 an Hour

“I haven't celebrated my birthday in four years. I haven't been able to take that chance, I just can't risk taking that day off. I’ve had deaths in my family and I can't risk going to the funeral to lose hours.”

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil October 6, 2020 5:33 pm EDT
Health Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Health Pregnancy Discrimination Still Happens. This Bill Would Ensure Workers Get the Protections They Need.

Discriminating against a pregnant person is illegal in the United States for more than 40 years, but as these women's stories show, it still happens.

Cassandra Stone Cassandra Stone October 5, 2020 12:44 pm EDT