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Jun 11 2020
News
U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 1.5 Million, 10th Week of Declining Claims
This is the eleventh consecutive week of initial claims above 1 million. Prior to March, initial claims had never risen as high as 700,000.
Economists had forecast 1.565 million claims. Last week’s claims were revised up slightly to 1.897 million from 1.877 million.
Claims hit a record 6.87 million for the week of March 27. Each subsequent week has seen claims decline.
Breitbart NewsJul 17 2020
Fact Check
Trump’s Numbers July 2020 Update
This is our 10th quarterly update of the “Trump’s Numbers” scorecard that we posted in January 2018 and have updated every three months, most recently on April 13. We’ll publish additional updates every three months, as fresh statistics become available.
Summary
The COVID-19 emergency and the sudden economic recession it triggered have greatly altered many statistical measures of
FactCheck.orgOct 02 2019
News
The $100 Trillion Opportunity: The Race To Provide Banking To The World’s Poor
Two years ago, Amylene Dingle lived with her husband and 7-year-old daughter in Payatas, an impoverished Manila neighborhood with the largest open dump site in the Philippines. Her husband worked on the security staff in a government building, earning 4,000 pesos a week, the equivalent of $80. She had always wanted to start a business, but she was unemployed, had no money saved, no credit
ForbesSep 15 2020
News
There Was A College Mental Health Crisis Before COVID-19. Now It May Be Worse.
With very few colleges and universities across the United States fully reopened, learning is not as it used to be. COVID-19 has dramatically redefined education, and while college students are navigating through this “new normal,” it’s impacting their mental health.
Young people were already experiencing an uptick in mental health issues. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HuffPostJul 15 2020
News
Can the U.S. economy hold up against the pandemic?
The coronavirus pandemic is, first and foremost, a health crisis, but it has also had a profound economic impact. The unemployment rate in the U.S. was 3.5 percent in February. By April, amid a nationwide shutdown to stem the spread of the virus, it had risen to 14.7 percent, the highest rate since the Great Depression. Before the outbreak, the U.S. economy had been enjoying the longest period
Yahoo! The 360Aug 08 2022
Perspectives Blog
How the Use of Polarized Labels Masks Americans' Shared Values
Reading the daily headlines, the average American could not be blamed for believing the nation’s population consists of only two groups, at odds over every possible topic, issue, and interpretation of the country’s ideals.
Coverage of contemporary issues are riddled with opposing labels categorizing Americans into rival camps -- Pro-Life versus Pro-Choice, Gun Control versus Gun Rights
Isaiah AnthonyNov 18 2016
News
The Return of American Nationalism
Trump’s victory should usher in policies rooted in patriotic assimilation and the national interest.
National Review (News)Mar 24 2021
News
Senate confirms first openly transgender official, approving Levine for HHS
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Rachel Levine to be assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, making her the first openly transgender official ever approved by the upper chamber.
Levine, previously physician general and secretary of health in Pennsylvania, was confirmed 52-48 in a mostly party-line vote, with GOP Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and
The HillSep 09 2021
News
Despite the pandemic, wage growth held firm for most U.S. workers, with little effect on inequality
Despite the severity of the shock to the U.S. labor market from the coronavirus pandemic, the earnings of employed workers overall were largely unaffected by the pandemic. Inequality in earnings did rise during last year’s recession, if the unemployed are assumed to have had no compensation. Even so, the spike was relatively short-lived, in keeping with the record low duration of the recession
Pew Research CenterMar 24 2021
Opinion
The Media Would Rather Talk About Race Than Stop Mass Shootings or Crime
Every time there is a mass shooting in the U.S., partisans on both sides hold their collective breath waiting for the perpetrator to be identified in order to see whose worldview will be vindicated. The left gets excited about murders involving police officers shooting unarmed black people, as well as those perpetrated by white supremacists or believers in QAnon; the right highlights Muslim
Newsweek