WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth slowed further in August as financial assistance from the government ran out, threatening the economy's recovery from the COVID-19 recession. 
Nearly five million Americans returned to work last month, new data released Thursday show, with unemployment numbers outpacing economists' projections for the second month in a row.Nearly five million Americans returned to work last month, new data released Thursday show, with unemployment numbers outpacing economists' projections for the second month in a row. 
More than 20 million Americans lost their jobs in April, erasing in one month all of the growth in employment since the end of the Great Recession. 
Democrat Stacey Abrams suggested Wednesday that low unemployment numbers in Georgia were tied to citizens having multiple jobs, a fact which would not affect the unemployment rate. 
Dads are sometimes labeled lazy, but they don't deserve to be, a new research brief from the Institute for Family Studies argues. 
The drug crisis touches every aspect of Americans' lives, with the workplace being no exception, a new study shows. 
A $15 per hour minimum wage would lead to $2.4 billion in property crimes, a new paper released Monday argues. 
In 1956, amidst the fitful days leading up to the revolution, Sen. Marco Rubio's parents left Cuba for the United States. Arriving here, they joined the wave of immigrants who would eventually populate Miami. Both took up jobs in the service industry: Mario Rubio as a bartender in hotels, and his wife Oriales variously as a maid, cashier, and stock clerk. 
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) cited a string of inaccurate economic statistics Wednesday in an attempt to cast doubt on the health of the economy during a speech at the National Action Network Conference. 
