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New York to Offer Undocumented Migrants Up to $15,600 in Pandemic Relief

Immigrants staged rally and march for immigrants rights and commemorate death from Covid-19 pandemic on Times Square. Protesters demand equal right for undocumented immigrant workers and commemorate death of undocumented immigrants from Covid-19 disease and requested financial relief the same way as citizen received from government. (Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Applause as Biden USDA Scraps Trump Bid to Take Food Benefits From More Than a Million People

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Volunteers from City harvest distribute food in Harlem on March 28, 2020 in New York City.

"Trump's biggest regulatory attack on SNAP is officially dead and buried."

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Not One Single GOP Vote as House Democrats Send 'Historic' $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill to Biden's Desk

Jake Johnson, staff writer

President Joe Biden speaks about the American Rescue Plan in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. on February 22, 2021.

"This relief bill is the difference between dignity and despair for millions of...

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'We Should Be Taxing the Rich, Not the Unemployed': Millions Set to Receive Surprise Bills for Pandemic Jobless Benefits

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Carlos Ponce joins other demonstrators participating in a protest asking senators to support the continuation of unemployment benefits on July 16, 2020, in Miami Springs, Florida.

Democrats are facing pressure to act fast to stave off an "easily avoidable...

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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) speaks with reporters in the Senate subway after a vote in the Capitol on Tuesday, January 26, 2021.

'Inhumane': As CBO Warns Employment Won't Recover Until 2024, GOP Offers Mere 3-Month Extension of Jobless Aid

Carlos Ponce joins other demonstrators participating in a protest on July 16, 2020 in Miami Springs, Florida.

'Decades of Anti-Government Politics' Blamed as 1 Million+ in US Still Waiting Months for Jobless Benefits

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) heads to the Senate floor of the Capitol building on December 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. McConnell said today the Senate would “begin a process” to consider bigger Covid-19 relief, from the recently passed $600 per person to $2,000. (Photo: Tasos Katopidis/Getty Images)

As New Jobless Figures Show 'Massive Pain on the Eve of the New Year,' Dems Rip McConnell for Stonewalling $2,000 Relief Checks

New York Lawmakers Poised to Pass Nation's Strongest Eviction Ban as Millions Face Housing Insecurity

Volunteers load boxes of food assistance into cars at a food distribution event sponsored by the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Faith Neighborhood Center, and WESH 2 at Hope International Church on December 9, 2020 in Groveland, Florida.

'A Terrible and Costly Stunt': Trump Delay in Signing Relief Bill Could Cost Millions a Full Week of Unemployment Aid

Metro D.C. Socialists protesters demand $2,000 monthly Covid-19 relief checks during a December 25, 2020 demonstration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)

'Unbelievably Cruel': Sanders Slams Trump's Intransigence as Millions Lose Unemployment Lifeline

President Donald Trump climbs into golf cart number 45 as he golfs at Trump National Golf Club on December 13, 2020 in Sterling, Virginia.

Trump Golfs, Tweets Election Lies as 14 Million Set to Lose Unemployment Benefits Just After Christmas

'Merry... Christmas': Watch Rep. Debbie Dingell Drop House Gavel in Disgust Over GOP's Covid-19 Cruelty

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) walks to his office after leaving the Senate Floor at the U.S. Capitol on December 21, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

'Pathetic': Congress Passes Covid Relief Bill With Billions in Gifts for the Wealthy, $600 Checks for the Working Class

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks during a news conference following the weekly meeting with the Senate Republican caucus at the U.S. Capitol on December 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

'Gratuitously Cruel': Outrage as GOP Tries to Prevent People on Unemployment From Also Receiving Stimulus Check

Volunteers prepare to load boxes of food assistance into a line of waiting cars at the Share Your Christmas food distribution event sponsored by the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Faith Neighborhood Center, and WESH 2 at Hope International Church on December 9, 2020 in Groveland, Florida.

Thanks to GOP Stonewalling, Experts Say Congress 'Already Too Late' to Prevent Lapse in Unemployment Benefits

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) arrives at the U.S. Capitol on October 20, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

'Not $300. Not $600. $1,200 at a Minimum': Bernie Mobilizes Progressive Forces for Direct Cash Stimulus

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Saunders Hails Strong Jobs Report, as Economy Blows Away Expectations

Patriotic Millionaires

Patriotic Millionaires Urge Congress to Tax the Rich, Not the Unemployed

Economic Policy Institute

Wages Grew in 2020 Because Low-Wage Workers Experienced the Brunt of the Job Losses

Accountable.US

Nightmare Before Christmas: 803K More Pink Slips a Reality Check for McConnell That More Pandemic Aid Needed

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"Heartless" GOP Demands Turned COVID Relief Bill Into a Band-Aid

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Unemployment Remains Unacceptably High as McConnell Again Lowballs Struggling Families

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Elise Gould

Strong Job Growth in March as Vaccine Distribution Expands and the American Rescue Plan Ramps Up

Mark Brenner

How Public Sector Workers Are Fighting to Prevent More Job Losses

Chuck Collins

10 Biggest Pandemic Profiteers

Dean Baker

Are Debt Whiners Fools or Just Liars?

John Buell

An Open Letter to Joe Manchin: Care About Workers, Not Inflation

Tammy Thomas Miles

The On The Ground Organizing Behind the American Rescue Plan

Elise Gould

Jobs Report Shows Congress Must Pass Full $1.9 Trillion Relief Package Immediately

John Buell

Opponents of a $15 Minimum Wage Are Dead Wrong

Rajan Menon

How This Country Fails Its Most Vulnerable

Juan Cole

Unemployment Is 3 Times Higher Than They Are Telling Us—We Need Stimulus Now