Latrish Oseko, 39, sits with her daughter, at a hotel in Newark, Del., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, where they have been staying. (Hannah Yoon/The New York Times) When Latrish Oseko lost her job last spring, government aid helped prevent a crisis from becoming a catastrophe. A $1,700 federal stimulus […]
Unemployed
California’s unemployment agency was not prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, a state audit confirmed this week. Here’s why. TOP STORIES An Unemployed Worker’s Nightmare It’s been nearly a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began to knock the economy for a loop. Yet California’s unemployment benefits system remains mired in dysfunction. […]
In his job as a pianist and music director, Scott Williams used to routinely play in front of hundreds of people. But that changed abruptly in mid-March, when live-event venues statewide – as well as all other non-essential businesses — were closed by Gov. Tom Wolf in an effort to […]
CLOSE Millions of Americans have filed for unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The extra federal benefit was allotted “for weeks of unemployment ending on or before July 31,” meaning the last full week of July, unless Congress extends it. Wochit Christian Meza, of Pacific, Washington, relished his job as […]