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STATEMENT: CAP Economist Michael Madowitz on the April 2021 Jobs Report Date: May 7, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. —  Michael Madowitz, an economist at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement today after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published its April 2021 employment situation report: Today’s announcement that the economy added 266,000 jobs last month underscores that, while the economy is in recovery, it is not recovering quickly enough. A...

Weak jobs report spurs new arguments over big fed spending JOSH BOAK, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9President Joe Biden speaks about the April jobs report in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 7, 2021, in Washington.Patrick Semansky/APShow MoreShow Less 2of9A tractor trailer rig pulls into a terminal for a trucking company that has a $10,000 hiring bonus offer posted on a trailer at their facility in Harmony, Pa., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. A bill by Pennsylva...

Taking time off to take care of children can put a serious dent in workers’ long-term retirement savings.

 | Updated March 9, 2021 Anti-maskers in Idaho held a public burning ceremony on Saturday and had their kids join in by tossing their own personal protective equipment into the flames. The Washington Post estimated that some 100 people gathered outside the state’s Capitol in Boise for the mask burning. “Here fire, you hungry?” a child asked in one of the videos circulating on Twitter. “Here’s another mask.” Idaho does not have a statewide mask mandate for the coronavirus pandemic...

STATEMENT: CAP Economist Michael Madowitz on the January 2021 Jobs Report Date: February 5, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Center for American Progress Economist  Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the January 2021 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Today’s data underscore that 10 months into the COVID-19 crisis, the economy is still fragile. The numbers also show that Americans who have historically faced some of...

Child care problems skyrocketed under COVID. Women paid the price. Matt Wynn, USA TODAY It’s still January, and Kristy Anaya has already used up all 21 hours of vacation time available to her so far this year.  She missed work again on Thursday to care for her three-year-old son, Xavier, who was kicked out of his third day care since March. Child care was a problem before coronavirus for the single mother of two living in Chandler, Arizona. During the pandemic, it’s been a ...

So the question — for many — is, would Bidens $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, as it is known, help women get back to work, in addition to containing the spread of the virus?

STATEMENT: CAP Economist Michael Madowitz on the December 2020 Jobs Report Date: January 8, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Center for American Progress Economist  Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the December 2020 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: December’s employment report underscores what has been apparent for months: Delayed economic relief and a mismanaged public health crisis are pushing the economy into ...

Female workers could take another pandemic hit: to their retirement Jobless rates for women have spiked. Four times as many women as men dropped out of the labor force in September alone, and barely half that number returned during October and November, according to Center for American Progress research. New York Times Source: Joohee Yoon/The New York Times By Mark Miller During the first months of the pandemic, Leah Tyrrell found that she could pul...