Is COVID-19 widening the gender gap? New research showing that women are being disproportionately targeted by the COVID-19 economic downturn indicates this may be the case.
According to a May analysis...
This is the first column in “The Politics of a Pandemic,” a series that aims to examine and critique some of the political and governmental reverberations of COVID-19.
The Indian population is 1.3...
Illinois hit a 4 percent unemployment rate in August, the state’s lowest monthly unemployment rate, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
The announcement is based on preliminary...
The job market in Evanston remained strong in March, with the unemployment rate dropping to 2.8 percent from 3.1 percent the month before.
The data, released Thursday by the Illinois Department of...
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) will introduce two pieces of legislation to Congress next week that detail a plan to increase employment opportunities for at-risk Illinois...
