• Continuing dearth of job opportunities leaves many workers still sidelined

  May 11, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• The JOBS Act will result in fewer, not more jobs

  May 10, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz and Ross Eisenbrey | Report

• Jobs data send mixed messages

  May 6, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Depressed states: Unemployment rate near 20% for some groups

  April 20, 2011 | By Algernon Austin | Report

• Nine states still struggle with double-digit unemployment

  April 19, 2011 | By Doug Hall | Economic Indicators

• Abandoning what works (and most other things, too): Expansionary fiscal policy is still the best tool for boosting jobs

  April 6, 2011 | By Josh Bivens | Report

• Martin Luther King on “right to work”

  April 4, 2011 | Quick Takes

• Welcome momentum in the labor market—but we need more

  April 1, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Welcome momentum in the labor market, hoping for more

  April 1, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Quick Takes

• The long road back to full employment

  March 30, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Commentary

• State-level unemployment data shows little change in February

  March 25, 2011 | By Doug Hall | Economic Indicators

• Fewer job openings following this recession than following 2001 recession

  March 11, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• A bad answer to the wrong question

  March 9, 2011 | By Josh Bivens | Commentary

• Long-term unemployment persists

  March 4, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Quick Takes

• February rebounds, but road to jobs recovery remains years long

  March 4, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Jobs report: Good month, trend uncertain

  March 4, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Quick Takes

• What’s wrong with ‘right-to-work’: Chamber’s numbers don’t add up

  February 28, 2011 | By Sylvia A. Allegretto and Gordon Lafer | Report

• The Overselling of Education

  February 8, 2011 | By Lawrence Mishel | Commentary

• Three years after start of the Great Recession, no jobs for three out of four unemployed workers

  February 8, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Labor market moving in two directions at the same time

  February 4, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Labor market moving in two directions at the same time

  February 4, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Quick Takes

• Interactive map: Unemployment then and now

  February 3, 2011 | By Andrea Orr | Economic snapshot

• Podcast: “Not your typical recession”

  February 2, 2011 | By Rebecca Thiess | Commentary

• The Great Recession’s long tail: Third anniversary underscores severity of labor market woes

  February 2, 2011 | By Rebecca Thiess | Multimedia

• Three years since start of Great Recession, 10 states still have double-digit unemployment

  January 25, 2011 | By Doug Hall | Economic Indicators

• Education is Not the Cure for High Unemployment or for Income Inequality

  January 12, 2011 | By Lawrence Mishel | Report

• No jobs for more than three out of four unemployed workers

  January 11, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• How “missing” workers impact the jobless data

  January 7, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Quick Takes

• Labor force smaller than before recession started

  January 7, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Labor force smaller than before recession started

  January 7, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Quick Takes