Looking for Work in the 2020 Job Market: The Silence Is Overwhelming
I was competing with a pool of candidates that included the entirety of the nation and even beyond.
Jobs and Money
Why minority-owned businesses are struggling to get PPP loans
The Paycheck Protection Program or PPP provides federally-backed forgivable loans to businesses whose revenues may be impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. According to the Center for Responsible Lending, little of the $659 billion fund has made it to Latino and…
How Millennials Can Find Financial Security During A Pandemic: Advice from a Certified Financial Planner
For young people early in their careers, the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout are perhaps the first time they are navigating financial hardship as an adult. Many are navigating job loss, salary reductions, a volatile stock market, and economic…
During the COVID-19 Economic Crisis, Author Michael Arceneaux Insists, “I Don’t Want to Die Poor”
In his new book, "I Don't Want To Die Poor" author, Michael Arceneaux shares what he learned about the country's student loan debt system.
Essential or Expendable? Rev. William Barber on Poverty and the Political Response to COVID-19
Rev. William J. Barber has long tackled the issues of race, poverty and hatred through his political activism and his role as Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign. However, COVID-19 has brought to light deep-rooted fissures in our country's treatment…
How Will New York Restart its Economy After COVID-19?
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…
How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Hurting Street Vendors (Op-Ed)
BY: Mohamed Attia, Director of The Street Vendor Project, an organization with more than 1,800 active vendor members who are working together to create a vendors' movement for permanent change. At every corner on the streets of NYC you will…
What’s Happened to Americans’ Retirement Confidence in the Pandemic
BY: Richard Eisenberg (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) How’s the coronavirus pandemic affecting the way Americans feel about their retirement prospects? By my reading of the new 2020 Retirement Confidence Survey Report from the(EBRI),…
How to Get Health Insurance After a Job Loss
BY: Kerry Hannon (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) The numbers of Americans filing for unemployment benefits is staggering. Sadly, these people have not only lost jobs and income, but also their…
5 Ways to Find Work in the Pandemic
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?