TUJUNGA, Calif.—Written in large block letters on the front windows of World Gym in Tujunga, California, are the words “Essential Business.” To the gym’s members, the words ring true. Inside, loud classic rock music pours out through the speakers, as fewer than 10 men and women, ranging in age from the early 20s to late…
US Loses 140,000 Jobs, First Monthly Drop Since Spring
WASHINGTON—U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that the economy is faltering as the viral pandemic tightens its grip on consumers and businesses. At the same time, the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7 percent, the first time it hasn’t fallen since April. Friday’s figures from…
US Loses 140,000 Jobs, First Monthly Decline Since April
WASHINGTON—U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that the economy is faltering as the viral pandemic tightens its grip on consumers and businesses. At the same time, the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7 percent, the first time since April that it hasn’t fallen. The Jan….
Coronavirus for Dummies
Commentary We are now almost one year from the dark days when the coronavirus first hit these shores. Why are the politicians’ making the same policy mistakes today that they made nine months ago? The 300,000+ deaths are an act of nature, but the virus’s death and despair have been compounded by acts of man—i.e.,…
Livelihoods and Liberty Left in the Lurch
Commentary ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa.—Seven years ago, combat veteran Jack Mook was a hard-nosed Pittsburgh detective who stumbled upon two young brothers who showed up intermittently at the boxing gym where he volunteered. The boys were living on the edge of despair: Their birth parents had failed them; their foster parents had failed them; and the…
Lockdowns Are the Great Unequalizer
Commentary Democrats and their liberal economic advisers obsess about income inequality. Will someone please tell them that no act in modern times has widened the gap between the rich and the poor more than the lockdowns going on right now? Diane Yentel, the president and CEO of the leftist National Low Income Housing Coalition, said,…
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