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• Coronavirus complicates safety for families living together

  For families of color in the U.S., there’s also more chance that household members can’t work from home as federal guidelines suggest. Fewer than 20% of black workers can telework, according to a March study by the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute.

  The Washington Post May 11, 2020
• 43 MILLION AMERICANS IN DANGER OF LOSING HEALTH INSURANCE AS A RESULT OF CORONAVIRUS CRISIS, STUDY SHOWS

  “And of course, workers aren’t just losing their jobs. Our health care system ties health insurance to work, so millions of workers have likely already lost their employer-provided health insurance,” Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute, wrote in a blog post last Thursday.

  Newsweek May 11, 2020
• 12.6% of labor force in New Hampshire filed jobless claims over 3 weeks

  With more than 15 million Americans out of work, the nation’s overall unemployment could hit nearly 16 percent by July, according to estimates released by the Economic Policy Institute. That rate would be greater than any other jobless figures recorded since the 1930s.

  The Center Square May 11, 2020
• Baton Rouge, Lafayette, New Orleans’ unemployment rates high above national average: report

  Counting them as unemployed would push the rate up higher to 24%, according to calculations by Heidi Shierholz, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute.

  The Advocate May 11, 2020
• Multi-Gen Households Deal With Virus

  For families of color in the U.S., there’s also more chance that household members can’t work from home as federal guidelines suggest. Fewer than 20% of black workers can telework, according to a March study by the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute.

  Progressive Farmer May 11, 2020
• New jobless claims fall, but unemployment rolls keep growing

  “It’s starting to seem like the new normal,” said Julia Wolfe, an analyst at the Economic Policy Institute. “But I think it’s important to ground ourselves in that this is still a huge shock to a lot of workers and their families and also represents a huge strain on the unemployment insurance system.”

  Tucson Sentinel May 11, 2020
• SD’s ‘uncounted’ unemployed workers taking brunt of COVID-19 hardships

  As many as 14 million Americans who could qualify for some type of unemployment compensation are not receiving assistance, according to a survey published April 28 by the Economic Policy Institute.

  Black Hills Pioneer May 11, 2020
• TRUMP ECONOMIC ADVISER SEES ECONOMIC REBOUND IN SECOND HALF OF 2020 DESPITE ‘VERY DIFFICULT’ MAY JOB NUMBERS

  “I struggle to even put into words how large this drop is. It’s as if all the gains in employment since 2000 were wiped out,” Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, wrote in a Friday blog post in response to the April jobs report. “Total job losses over the last two months would fill all 30 currently empty Major League Baseball stadiums 16 times over. It’s as if all the jobs in all of the states beginning with the letter ‘M’ simply disappeared in the last month,” she added.

  Newsweek May 11, 2020
• Commentary: Unemployment Payments Provide Cushion for Jobless Americans in Historic Times

  However, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) estimates that figure is far lower than the true number of Americans out of work. Nearly 14 million additional people could have filed if unemployment processes were easier, EPI calculates.

  The Daily Chronicle May 11, 2020
• Joe Guzzardi: Congress Wants More Green Cards, Economy Be Damned

  As grave as this is, the Economic Policy Institute estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic may have prevented 30 percent to 40 percent of qualified applicants from claiming unemployment benefits. In addition, EPI analysts calculate that since March 15, between 8.9 million and 13.9 million people who could have filed for unemployment didn’t.

  Noozhawk May 11, 2020