Economy
COVID-19 Broke the Economy. What If We Don’t Fix It?
Instead of reopening society for the sake of the economy, what if we continued to work less, buy less, make less—for the sake of the planet?
‘I Really Need to Go Home’: The Cruise Ship Employees Still Stuck at Sea
Months into the coronavirus pandemic, tens of thousands of forgotten cruise ship employees have no idea when they'll be back on land.
Fauci: Rushing to Reopen the Country Will Cause ‘Needless Suffering and Death’
Fauci is planning to warn a Senate committee about the danger of skipping over checkpoints in the plan to lift coronavirus restrictions.
An Indian State is Forcing Migrant Workers to Stay Back So They Can ‘Revive’ the Economy
Yet another episode of India’s apathy towards the very people who help build its thriving cities.
Coronavirus Is Going to Make Britain's North-South Divide Even Worse
The town of Blackpool is uniting to withstand the pandemic. How do we stop the coming economic storm from wiping it out?
Cuomo Is Still Coming for Mitch McConnell With His Slideshows
The New York governor also added Florida Sen. Rick Scott to his list of GOP targets Wednesday.
More Than 26 Million Americans Have Now Filed For Unemployment Because of Coronavirus
For the fifth week in a row, the number of initial unemployment claims has obliterated the million-person threshold.
You’re Not Going Back to Normal Office Life for a Long, Long Time
Many experts want the WFH workforce to stay put until a vaccine is approved. If you do head back, expect indoor masks, staggered schedules, small meetings, and the death of open-office plans.
Republicans Seem Pretty OK with Letting More Americans Get Sick to Kickstart the Economy
“It is not zero evil, but it is the lesser of these two evils, and we intend to move forward that direction.”
Coronavirus Updates Canada: 1 Million People Lost Jobs in March, Worse Than Feared
Youth between 15 and 24 were hit the hardest as the national unemployment rate increased by 2.2 percent in March and now sits at 7.8 percent, said Statistics Canada on Thursday.
Coronavirus Has Put More Than 16 Million People Out of Work in Just 3 Weeks
More than 6 million people filed for unemployment last week.
How to Persuade Workers It's Time to Move on From Oil and Gas
With crude prices crashing and companies looking to government bailouts, climate change activists are sharpening their pitch to hard-hit industry workers.