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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. After a week of anecdotes about labor shortages, the data tell a very clear story that any worker sho...

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 Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Legislature to reinstate work-search requirements for people claiming un...

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, but some communities within the state have put mandates into place and Gov. Brad Little (R) has en...

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 the worst discrimination in the labor market—women and people of color, especially women of color...