The fight for unemployment benefits

GOP hide behind the party’s poverty playbook

Progress on unemployment?

GOP’s ‘bad’ economic predictions

Racism, Sexism, And The 50-Year Campaign To Undermine The War On Poverty

www.thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/08/3122111/war-poverty-race-sexism/
"A timeline of conservatives' efforts to systematically undermine the programs that shaped Johnson's War on Poverty and forever changed Americans' perception about the role of government."

Senate Democrats push for help to unemployed

The GOP’s ‘poverty agenda’

The GOP’s war on unemployment benefits

Fighting to reinstate unemployment insurance

GOP leaves the unemployed out in the cold

GOP unemployment stand ignores economic facts

Targeting the GOP on unemployment insurance

GOP refuses to address unemployment issues

GOP gets ‘down the block’ tough

Bad budget deal for all those out of work

11 States May End Long-Term Unemployment Insurance Due To Sequestration

11 States May End Long-Term Unemployment Insurance Due To Sequestration: The federal government’s long-term unemployment insurance program, which became law shortly before the Great Recession began driving the nation’s unemployment rate through the roof, is already facing cuts thanks to the automatic budget cuts that began taking effect on March 1. Sequestration will force 10.7 percent cuts to all benefit checks, costing recipients as much [...]/p

North Carolina Governor Signs ‘Unprecedented’ Gutting Of Unemployment Insurance

North Carolina Governor Signs ‘Unprecedented’ Gutting Of Unemployment Insurance: North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) today signed a law that imposes severe cuts to his state’s unemployment insurance program, a change that will also cost jobless workers in the state access to the federal unemployment compensation program. McCrory’s signature earned him a rebuke from the National Employment Law Project, which said in a release [...]/p

North Carolina Senate Slashes State Unemployment Insurance Program

North Carolina Senate Slashes State Unemployment Insurance Program: The Republican-controlled North Carolina state senate overwhelmingly approved legislation to slash the state’s unemployment insurance program Tuesday, reducing the amount of aid unemployed workers can receive and also the number of weeks they will be eligible to receive it. The legislation reduces the maximum benefit from $535 a week to $350, while reducing the time [...]/p

Unemployment Insurance Kept 2.3 Million Americans Out Of Poverty Last Year

Unemployment Insurance Kept 2.3 Million Americans Out Of Poverty Last Year: America’s unemployment insurance program is not as robust as those in many industrialized nations, but the program that is speeding toward massive reductions if Congress doesn’t extend it before the end of the year still kept more than 2 million Americans out of poverty in 2011. According to the National Employment Law Project, which is [...]/p