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You can still get unemployment benefits after state payments run out

by Mitchell Hartman
Oct 15, 2020
The federal government is funding 13 additional weeks of unemployment benefits after state payments run out, but getting them can take extra effort.
The CARES Act gives people the opportunity for a 13-week extension after state unemployment benefits end.
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The unemployment rate in some neighborhoods is triple the national average

by Jasmine Garsd
Oct 12, 2020
In parts of the South Bronx, the unemployment rate was estimated to be nearly 30% in August. Nationwide, it's a little less than 8%.
Felix Pinzon, an unemployed construction worker, pushes a cart of food donations in May in the Bronx.
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Many are still waiting for unemployment, months later

by Samantha Fields
Sep 25, 2020
For many of those who have now gone months without a paycheck or unemployment, things are dire.
Hundreds of people waited in long lines in Kentucky in June for help with their unemployment claims, months after they had initially tried to file.
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The seasonal adjustment to jobless claims has been ... adjusted

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 3, 2020
The adjustments smooth out predictable changes in employment, but the pandemic economy has broken them.
This week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics changed its methodology in adjusting for seasonal jobs, like that of a lifeguard. It makes the data more accurate, but also more confusing.
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How economic data has been distorted during COVID-19

by Janet Nguyen
Aug 20, 2020
Let’s do the numbers … but with more context.
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Here's what the crescendo of unemployment sounds like

by Kai Ryssdal and Alli Fam
Jun 24, 2020
Jordan Wirfs-Brock "sonified" data from unemployment claims to give us another way to process historic job losses.
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Jobless claims, now at 33 million, likely undercount people who aren't working due to COVID-19

by Mitchell Hartman
May 7, 2020
Some people haven't applied for unemployment because they don't think they qualify, and others can't get through the application process.
A person fills out an unemployment benefits application. The addition of $600 a week has enabled many Americans to keep spending and support businesses.
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Another 4.4 million Americans have filed unemployment claims

by Janet Nguyen
Apr 23, 2020
Jobless claims have hit 26 million since the COVID-19 crisis started.
The view of a business in Queens, New York.
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Another 5.2 million Americans have filed unemployment claims

by Janet Nguyen
Apr 16, 2020
In the space of four weeks, about 22 million Americans have filed jobless claims.
A restaurant sits empty in the United Airlines terminal at San Francisco International Airport.
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States hit hardest by rising unemployment claims could soon run low on funds

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Apr 16, 2020
Some states like California, New York and Texas could see their unemployment funds running low.
States struggling the most to keep up with unemployment claims, like Texas, may need to tap new funds soon.
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