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Report Economics

Innovative State Manufacturing Policies in the Great Lakes Region

MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA - MAY 22: Joseph Louis joins others in a protest asking the state of Florida to fix its unemployment system on May 22, 2020 in Miami Beach, Florida. Unemployed hospitality and service workers who have not received unemployment checks held the protest demanding Florida Governor Ron DeSantis fix the unemployment system and send out their benefits. Since the closure of all non-essential businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of thousands of hospitality workers across Florida find themselves out of work. Florida’s unemployment system has not worked reliably. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Commentary Economics

Unemployment Payouts Accelerated during April and May—but Are Still Too Slow

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 26: Construction workers build a new tower on March 26, 2020 in New York City. Some construction workers building luxury condominiums are being forced to work in the city by their companies, while across the country schools, businesses and places of work have either been shut down or are restricting hours of operation as health officials try to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Commentary Economics

How a Green Stimulus Would Lift Up Workers and Communities and Rebuild Our Infrastructure

Report COVID-19

What’s Good and What’s Missing in the HEROES Act

NEW YORK CITY - APRIL 17: A closed sign is displayed in the window of a business in a nearly deserted lower Manhattan on April 17, 2020 in New York City, United States. New York City has been the hardest hit city in America from COVIT-19, with overwhelmed hospitals and a struggling economy.

Report COVID-19

Collective Responses for Independent Contractors During COVID-19

Commentary Unemployment

What American Workers Need to Know about Unemployment Insurance