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COVID 19

UBI/PPP Response Op Ed

I was talking with my brother about his experiences as a small business owner during the current COVID crisis. Jay and his wife, Christina, run a gym in Long Island City, a neighborhood in Queens, New York. During the mandated shutdown, the fitness industry has… Read More »UBI/PPP Response Op Ed

Better Days

There are people into whose heads it never enters to conceive of any better state of society than that which now exists.Henry George We are born on this earth, live our lives the best way we know how, and when we leave this world our… Read More »Better Days

Leaning In

As I start writing this, it’s 6:06 a.m.  I’ve been at my computer since 4:37am, buzzing between emails and updating our website, filling in my calendar with Zoom meetings and rearranging the sticky notes that line my computer monitor as the reminders on some are… Read More »Leaning In

Jobless claims climb to 30 million in six weeks as COVID-19 layoffs continue to rise

Charisse Jones USA TODAY April 29th, 2020 Roughly 3.8 million people filed for unemployment last week alone, the Labor Department said Thursday,  fewer than the 4.4 million who filed the week before and down from the all-time high of 6.86 million applications in late March. Jobless claims provide the best… Read More »Jobless claims climb to 30 million in six weeks as COVID-19 layoffs continue to rise