Nearly 3 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department says. It's the latest grim sign of the economic damage from the coronavirus crisis.
Almost three million more Americans filed for unemployment last week. Job losses are widespread, but those with low-paid jobs have been hit especially hard.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with three people who have lost their jobs during the coronavirus lockdown about their experience of being laid off, applying for unemployment and surviving the pandemic.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who chairs the Senate Committee questioning top experts who work on fighting the coronavirus pandemic in the Trump Administration.
Demand for goods and services spikes, as businesses reopen across the country. It may offset some of the damage the U.S. economy has suffered during coronavirus shutdowns.
U.S. new car sales have been recovering for six straight weeks. They're still low compared with pre-coronavirus levels, but huge incentives have helped attract buyers despite an economic crisis.
The hourly pay at Amazon is much lower than what Theodore Johnson earned as a massage therapist, but the new job comes with a key benefit he didn't have before.
The state of the jobs market has Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell concerned. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered the largest job losses since the Great Depression.
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted supply chains and left some farmers reeling. But community supported agriculture, or CSAs, have flourished as consumers seek deliveries for boxes of fresh produce.