e-waste How Formerly Incarcerated People Are Tackling LA's E-Waste Problem A social enterprise in Los Angeles is trying to combat two problems with its recycling center: low recycling rates for electronic waste and high unemployment rates for formerly incarcerated individuals and those previously involved in gangs.
unemployment Teens Are Stepping Up to Fill Vacant Job Openings – Entry-Level and Not The rate of teenage unemployment is the lowest it’s been since 1953. As many businesses in the service industry struggle to find enough workers, teenage employees are stepping up in a big way – like when a 19-year-old became the manager of a restaurant. Financial Times Reporter Taylor Rogers talks about her recent story on teens and jobs.
unemployment AAPI Women Are Fighting to Get Their Jobs Back Asian American and Pacific Islander women are overrepresented in many service jobs that shut down during the pandemic, and 44% who lost their job in 2020 have remained unemployed longer than 6 months. Sung Yeon Choimorrow from the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum breaks it down.
unemployment Childcare Costs, Not Unemployment Payments, Are Keeping People From Working The U.S. did not gain as many jobs in April as expected, leading to claims that some workers would rather collect unemployment insurance payments than go back to work. But John Leer of Morning Consult explains, plenty of people want to go back to work but can’t afford to.
everyday hunger A Former Kitchen Worker Describes His Struggle With Hunger: ‘I Didn't Know What to Do' Javier Albarran had worked in a hotel kitchen for more than 25 years when he lost his job last March due to the pandemic. Finding himself without insurance or the income he needed to get by, he said, “I didn’t know what to do.” When a friend asked him to take him to a food bank, Albarran overcame his embarrassment...
social services Your Safety Net Is Broken Among the many harsh truths about American society exposed by the coronavirus pandemic is this one: Our social safety net is broken. NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway looks at how the ripple effect of the broken safety net can be seen in things like an increase in crowdfunding campaigns to cover lost wages and health expenses and a growing strain on...
economic stimulus Another Stimulus Package Is Needed to Boost the Economy and Help the Unemployed: Can Congress Get It Done? The possibility that another round of stimulus checks will reach Americans this year seems to be changing by the day. The Economic Policy Institute’s senior economist, Heidi Shierholz, joined us to explain why a stimulus package is so important for the economy as well as for unemployed Americans.
connecticut The Covid-19 Pandemic: Through Your Eyes, In Your Own Words Lost loved ones, isolation, unemployment: We asked you to share what’s been on your mind since the coronavirus pandemic swept the U.S. this spring and you answered. Courtesy of our friends at NBC CT, this is a timeline of Covid-19 in America, through your eyes and in your own words.
stimulus Hoping for a Coronavirus Stimulus Check from Congress? Here's Why a Relief Deal Is Less Likely Than Ever As layoffs continue to put Americans out of work, many are hoping for another round of coronavirus relief. But Seth Harris, the former acting U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Obama, explains why the Supreme Court vacancy and the upcoming presidential election are making the prospects of a deal unlikely.
food insecurity Why the Recession is Causing a Massive Surge in Food Insecurity for Women and Families of Color Due to the current recession brought on by COVID-19, Lauren Bauer, a fellow at the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, says we are seeing higher rates of food insecurity for minority families due to a loss of jobs, loss of income and closing of schools.
