FILE - In this March 26, 2020 file photo a man takes a photo of a sign advising that the Employment Development Department is closed due to coronavirus concerns, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Money

California unemployment agency does less with more

Passersby walk past a business storefront with store closing and sale signs, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Dedham, Mass. The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid rose slightly to 870,000, a historically high figure that shows that the viral pandemic is still squeezing restaurants, airlines, hotels and many other businesses six months after it first erupted. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Money

Fraud, backlogs disrupt US unemployment benefit payments

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2020 file photo, the Wall St. street sign is framed by American flags flying outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks are falling early on Wall Street Thursday, Sept. 17, as the late selling from the previous day carries over. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Money

Soaring wealth during pandemic highlights rising inequality

Karen Antunez, left, Nikita Bhagat, and Lisa Ferkinghoff are among the many women joining the construction industry. All three are working on the Collin College Technical Campus construction site in Allen. | Photo: Jason Janik
Construction

Inspiring More Women to Join the Building Trades

Graffiti covers the exterior of a Wells Fargo bank on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in a historically Black neighborhood in Portland, Ore., that has been the scene of violent clashes with police in recent days. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
Companies

Wells Fargo CEO apologizes for comments about diversity

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell takes off his face mask to testify during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)
United States

Jerome Powell faces lawmakers’ skepticism on some Fed aid programs

FILE - In a April 30, 2020 file photo, a man walks by a closed store during the COVID-19 in Chicago. Layoffs are declining and hiring is slowly picking up, yet it's not really clear where the job market goes next. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
United States

Relapse (Recaída) by Isaac Cohen (Opinion)

Jani Tillery, 42, is an attorney at the Children’s Law Center in Washington who has been looking for homes since October. She’s made three offers since the end of November but lost to other bidders and she’s having a hard time finding homes in her price range of less than $200,000. (Andre Chung/for The Washington Post)
Real Estate

Black Homebuyers Face Disproportionate Lack of Home Inventory and Mobility During Pandemic

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2020, file photo, a help wanted sign hangs on the door of a Target store in Uniontown, Pa. Hundreds of thousands of Americans likely applied for unemployment benefits last week, a high level of job insecurity that reflects economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
United States

COVID-19 danger continues to drive joblessness in US

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2020 file photo, using both the English and Spanish language, a sign points potential voters to an official polling location during early voting in Dallas. Getting enough people to staff polling places amid the coronavirus pandemic is a challenge in many states. The virus’ disproportionate impact on Latinos has made the task of recruiting Spanish-speakers even more difficult. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Election

Wanted: Bilingual poll workers who reflect U.S. diversity

FILE—In this file photo from Sept. 9, 2020, people attending an event with Vice President Mike Pence, pray before he took the stage to speak to Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion group, at Cornerstone Ministries church, in Export, Pa. a Pittsburgh suburb. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)
Election

Evangelicals at base of Trump hopes for Pennsylvania repeat

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