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The Unemployment Insurance System Is Set To Get A Tech Makeover. But It Needs Much More, Biden Admin Says
The Labor Department has launched an overhaul of the technology that runs the unemployment insurance system, which was overwhelmed by claims and plagued by fraud during the pandemic. But the agency says Congress must act to fix deeper problems.
We Can’t Build Back Better Without Black Workers 
It’s time to focus on the Black unemployment rate to ensure that we keep public investment going until all workers are doing well -- not just the ones who always have. 
Fears Of Grinding, Post-2008-esque Recovery Plague Debate Over Reviving Economy
Job Growth Slows As COVID-19 Ravages The Nation
CANOGA PARK, CA - MAY 14: Estella Flores, right, and Maria Mora, left, are reflected in a window as they look for information in front of the closed California State Employment Development Department on Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Canoga Park, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Job Growth Slows In September As Pandemic Rages On
PASADENA, CA - MAY 14:  Job seekers look over job opening fliers at the WorkSource exhibit, a collaborative effort by governmental agencies to offer jobs and job training resources at the Greater Los Angeles Career Expo at the Pasadena Convention Center on May 14, 2009 in Pasadena, California. Nineteen exhibitors offer job and educational opportunities as well as advice from the Board of Equalization at the event that is open to the general public.  (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) 837,000 Unemployment Claims Filed Last Week
CANOGA PARK, CA - MAY 14: Estella Flores, right, and Maria Mora, left, are reflected in a window as they look for information in front of the closed California State Employment Development Department on Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Canoga Park, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) 870,000 Jobless Claims Filed Last Week, Labor Department Reports
860,000 Unemployment Claims Filed Last Week
on June 3, 2011 in Pompano Beach, Florida. 884,000 Jobless Claims Filed Last Week
Biden Says Trump ‘Just Doesn’t Care’ About Americans’ Economic Hardships Amid COVID
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