June 2026 Unemployment Data–the Full Count (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.2%* [ANALYSES by EXPERTS] White 3.6% African American 6.6% Hispanic 5.2% Asian¹ 3.9% Persons with a disability¹ 8.6% Men 20 years and over 3.9% Women 20 years and over 3.7% Teens (16-19… Read More Unemployment Data-JUNE 2026
By Frank Stricker June 15, 2026 Many of the numbers did not change much in the latest BLS jobs report. The official unemployment rate was 4.3%, and the rate has been around that number for the past year. Real unemployment, as illustrated in NJFAN’s Full Count under Hidden Unemployment, is twice as high. As usual,… Read More The Unemployment Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for May 2026—and More
Join Us for the Conversation! You are invited to attend the last part of the four-part virtual series, The Future of Economic Support: Cash, Credits, & Family Prosperity, sponsored by the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown Law. Please join us on June 16, 10 a.m. ET, for our final webinar in the series, featuring Congresswoman… Read More 6/16/26 Webinar: The Future of Economic Support, Cash, Credits & Family Prosperity
Thanks to our partnership with Kevin Bradshaw, labor union leader in Tennessee, the National Jobs for All Network is featured on the Union Strong-Labor Education App. The platform is designed to educate people about the labor movement and jobs. Go to the “Learn” tab and see our website there. Enjoy! QRCODE Website Link: https://laboreducation.org/
Beth Macy, Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in Fractured America. Penguin Press, 2025. Reviewed by Trudy Goldberg In Paper Girl, Journalist Beth Macy–author of Dopesick, the best-selling investigation of the US opioid epidemic—turns her sharp eye to Urbana, her hometown in rural Ohio. About ten years ago, Macy started noticing some changes… Read More Book Review: Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in Fractured America, by Beth Macy
