Tag: Jobs

Commence drinking

Eric Felten · May 20, 2022 3:00 am

The Green Berets come home

Willy Stern and Breck Walker · May 20, 2022 3:00 am

Low-staffed Border Patrol ‘begging’ former agents to come back

Low-staffed Border Patrol ‘begging’ former agents to come back

Anna Giaritelli · May 20, 2022 12:00 am

President Joe Biden celebrated Thursday's historic unemployment numbers while doubling-down on his plan to address skyrocketing prices.

Biden takes another unemployment victory lap despite crippling inflation

Christian Datoc · May 19, 2022 4:00 pm

This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table during a job fair at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, N.Y. The Labor Department released its weekly report on applications for unemployment benefits on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Slightly more Americans sought unemployment benefits during the previous week, but the overall levels still remain near historic lows in a positive sign for the job market.

Jobless claims tick up to 218,000, close to lowest level in decades

Zach Halaschak · May 19, 2022 12:31 pm

Homeless people camping in downtown in Los Angeles.

Rate of wage growth falling as inflation remains high

Zach Halaschak · May 13, 2022 3:00 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

I can’t quit. You fire me!

Rob Long · May 13, 2022 3:00 am

This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table during a job fair at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, N.Y. The Labor Department released its weekly report on applications for unemployment benefits on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Slightly more Americans sought unemployment benefits during the previous week, but the overall levels still remain near historic lows in a positive sign for the job market.

Jobless claims tick up to 203,000, remain near lowest level in decades

Zach Halaschak · May 12, 2022 12:31 pm

WATCH: Rick Scott strikes back, tells Biden to ‘get out of the way’ in economic recovery

Heather Hamilton · May 11, 2022 5:32 pm

Pat Kilpatrick, of Cedar Rapids, browses items for sale at the Cultivate Hope Corner Store in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Kilpatrick, whose daughter works for Matthew 25, thinks the store will provide easier access to groceries in a previously underserved area.

Inflation-adjusted earnings are falling fast, jobs report shows

Zach Halaschak · May 6, 2022 6:01 pm

The economy is gaining jobs as the United States emerges from its pandemic-induced economic slump. Still, even with recent job growth, painful inflation has increased significantly.

Finance and Economy

Economy marched on in April with 428,000 new jobs, unemployment at 3.6%

Zach Halaschak · May 6, 2022 12:32 pm

Let them eat prestige?

Gabriel Rossman · May 6, 2022 3:00 am