Pre-pandemic, 10% of Connecticut's workforce was in restaurants. Since COVID-19 at least 600 of the state’s restaurants have closed and tens of thousands remain unemployed. For those still open, the road ahead is still uncertain. In our Roads to Recovery…
U.S. government help is waning, making these workplace programs vital.
The experience of childhood poverty against the backdrop of a pandemic and a national reckoning with racism. Set in Ohio, the film follows children and their families navigating issues of poverty, homelessness, race and new challenges due to COVID-19.
As New Jersey residents still wait for unemployment benefits, businesses don't expect to go back to normal even as the state reopens.
As the curve flattens, the focus now shifts to the economic devastation wrought by the virus. The state is facing record unemployment that could reach a Great Depression level. New Yorkers are struggling to pay rent. Small businesses and lenders…
The job search engine site Indeed says job postings in late April were more than a third lower than a year ago. So, how can you find work these days?
A guide to educate yourself on the financial hardships that come with COVID-19 -- and provide help to yourself and others.
I’ve concluded that there are three things that can really rattle you when you’re jobless, and I have suggestions on how to deal with each.
(Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Chasing the Dream and Next Avenue.) By Richard Eisenberg Getting a job in your 50s or 60s certainly isn’t easy, but new and somewhat surprising employment data suggests that prospects and pay are…
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…
Pablo, who was a chef, refuses to apply for financial relief, feeling embarrassed to do so when he has the strength to work. Sociologist Linda Colon explains that the middle class in Puerto Rico mostly lives check by check, and…
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