freelance

Why Unemployment Insurance Isn’t Working

April 16, 2018

By Richard Eisenberg Credit: Adobe Stock (Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Next Avenue and Chasing the Dream, a public media initiative on poverty and opportunity.) The 4.1 percent unemployment rate, its lowest since 2000, is great…

The Best Ways to Start Freelancing

November 1, 2017

(Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Chasing the Dream and Next Avenue.) By Nancy Collamer  The majority of the U.S. workforce will be freelancers by 2027. That mind-blowing prediction comes from the new Freelancing in America:…

Women Are Working More Side Hustles

August 7, 2017

Women, in particular Millennials, are picking up "side hustles" to afford their living expenses, CNN Money reports. Everything from freelance writing, to dog walking to selling clothes online is fair game in an economy where one full-time job does not…