More people are relying on gig work, which puts a lot of risk on the workers themselves.

The data underscores that President Joe Biden has inherited an economy that faltered this winter as virus cases spiked.

Making the unemployment system a federal program could help reduce some of the huge racial disparities that currently exist.

The number of people showing up for free hot meals has more than doubled since the pandemic began, the CEO of HOPE South Florida says.

Right now the only thing keeping millions of renters in their homes is the CDC’s eviction moratorium, which expires Jan. 31.

A tea shop supplier and a brush manufacturer switched to making masks after the lockdown. But the gamble didn’t pay off.

COVID-related unemployment could cause about 600,000 people to become homeless over the next three years, according to a report from the Economic Roundtable.

Industries like hospitality, which tend to be low wage and employ more Black and Latinx workers, have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic.

After declining over the summer, weekly claims have been stuck above 700,000 since September.

January is usually peak job-hunting season.