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Tag: joblessness

Posted inPerspectives

Work-share program can save Illinois jobs at no cost to the state

by Curtis Black July 8, 2020July 8, 2020

The Pritzker administration can increase incomes and shore up struggling employers by finally implementing a program that allows workers to stay on the job at reduced hours on partial unemployment insurance.

Posted inCoronavirus

ROUNDUP: Race takes center stage ahead of Illinois’ anticipated COVID-19 peak

by Asraa Mustufa April 10, 2020April 17, 2020
Posted inEmployment and Labor, Housing, Immigration

Chicago is the fastest shrinking major metro area

by Matt Kiefer April 26, 2019April 26, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

Chicago’s gangs have changed. Our violence intervention strategies should too.

by John M. Hagedorn, Roberto Aspholm, Teresa Córdova, Andrew V. Papachristos and Lance Williams April 16, 2019April 17, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

Universal basic income could redress the high cost of underemployment in Chicago

by David Thigpen August 23, 2018February 28, 2020
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be, Transportation

Highway expansion drives jobs away from communities that need them

by Curtis Black September 21, 2017
Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Summer scandals show little has changed in Emanuel’s Chicago

by Curtis Black July 27, 2017
Posted inEducation, Employment and Labor, Perspectives

For middle-class blacks, success can be a double-edged sword

by Amanda E. Lewis and Kasey Henricks May 29, 2017May 29, 2017
Posted inEmployment and Labor, Transportation

Reverse commute is a long haul on public transit

by La Risa Lynch June 2, 2016September 21, 2017
Posted inEmployment and Labor, Gallery, Multimedia

Jobless in Chicago’s financial district

by Stacey Rupolo December 4, 2015May 22, 2017

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