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How Bad Is Unemployment? ‘Literally Off the Charts’

If anything, the numbers probably understate the economic distress.

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Fifty Years of Tax Cuts for Rich Didn’t Trickle Down, Study Says
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Fifty Years of Tax Cuts for Rich Didn’t Trickle Down, Study Says

Tax cuts for rich people breed inequality without providing much of a boon to anyone else, according to a study of the advanced world...

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The economy President-elect Biden is inheriting
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The economy President-elect Biden is inheriting

More than 26 million workers—15.5% of the workforce—are being directly hurt by the coronavirus downturn

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Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic
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Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic

Retailers, police departments and loss prevention researchers are reporting an uptick in theft of necessities like food and hygiene products

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A growing number of Americans are going hungry
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A growing number of Americans are going hungry

26 million now say they don’t have enough to eat, as the pandemic worsens and holidays near

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