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The deportation economy is backfiring on American workers, top economist warns

admin August 7, 2026

Diane Swonk says July's bizarre jobs report is the first data from the deportation economy: shrinking payrolls...

Black women’s unemployment rate fell. That’s not the good news you think it is 1258bd696ebc7dd1edaad5531c503c1f

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Black women’s unemployment rate fell. That’s not the good news you think it is

admin July 14, 2026

A lower unemployment rate is only worth celebrating if more people are actually working. Right now, most...

The rise of white-collar socialists: ‘A lot of tech workers are working class’ e4d11de8541d3cb08c166d0f39a58aab

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The rise of white-collar socialists: ‘A lot of tech workers are working class’

admin July 11, 2026

A recently surfaced survey of Democratic Socialists of America members showed that 9% worked in the tech...

More noncollege-educated men are living at home and falling out of the labor market, forcing a decline in marriages, all thanks to rising rents 5086d119f6f72bd43ac15fb33e2c4add

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More noncollege-educated men are living at home and falling out of the labor market, forcing a decline in marriages, all thanks to rising rents

admin July 11, 2026

“Very real economic forces” are “limiting the options for non-college-educated men,” said Gabrielle Penrose of the American...

Labor force participation falls to 61.5%, the lowest in 50 years outside COVID, and economists say it’s not just people giving up 177dd246611f75e7a95bd83c58de5ced

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Labor force participation falls to 61.5%, the lowest in 50 years outside COVID, and economists say it’s not just people giving up

admin July 9, 2026

Although AI and tech innovation is blamed for that drop, it has more to do with the...