There are two Americas. In one America, working stiffs wonder if it makes sense for the government to pay unemployment benefits for 99 weeks. In this America, folks have a lot of sympathy for those ...

In its scramble to boost the US economy during the pandemic, Congress rolled out a well-worn recession-fighting policy: extending jobless benefits. This reignited a long-standing debate between those ...

Despite the recent good news — the unemployment rate and new jobless claims are down, economic and job growth are up, the nation’s 12.8 million unemployed people face two threats from Congress in the ...