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Unemployment skyrocketed at the start of the pandemic. It was unexpected but so many people lost their jobs and started facing economic distress. This article focuses on the trends seen between unemployment in different categories of people.

The Department of Justice has announced an update regarding fraudulent unemployment schemes across the nation using COVID 19 as a primary reason. Many financial aid programs for unemployment have been the targets of this issue with scammers milking the benefits that are provided from them. Action has been executed to ensure the protection of these programs and will hold accountable defendants who have been caught being involved of these schemes. The more unemployment fraud makes its way across the nation, even globally, it makes it difficult to provide assistance to people or businesses who are truly in need of the help.

This website has a great paragraph about unemployment. It ties it in with immigration and freedom of speech.Also has some good information on other social injustices.

Many people have become homeless due to the pandemic. Landlords are raising the rent in this time of crisis and people aren't able to afford to live anymore. Unemployment rates have also gone through the roof

This was a good, but very sad read. I cant imagine having to be evicted out of my home due to being out of work for something like the pandemic. Something completely out of your control. I know that Arizona temporarily put a notice during the lockdown that those who couldn't pay rent were not allowed to be evicted (I was one of them) but it didn't last long enough. Like the article states, COVID19 has long term affects not short ones meaning more time to recover from its effects are needed.

We all know the negative effects dropping out of high school on individuals, but have you ever thought about how the act of dropping out effects the state you live in? Those who drop out are more likely to be faced with unemployment, poor health, criminal behavior, and need for public assistance. These are all things that end up costing the state billions. This is a chronic issue in our state in particular; Arizona has been ranked one of the highest for high school dropouts for many years.

This talks about the effects of illiteracy in several aspects of our culture. It gives information about how personal lives are affected, and also how it affects us all.

This talks about the effects of illiteracy in several aspects of our culture. It gives information about how personal lives are affected, and also how it affects us all.

I chose my first bookmark for illiteracy in society and its consequences. This website is very informative and direct. It has plenty of hyperlinks that lead further down the rabbit hole of the effects illiteracy has. It gives what if solutions what could happen and possible solutions overall a great read from a .org website

Welfare is a large discussion in the modern American climate. Many people lack a complete understanding of when and why welfare started. This clears up many misconceptions, allowing us to redirect discussion towards reform.

The author, Dylan Matthews, introduces the idea of a universal basic income by explaining the details of the study done by the Roosevelt Institute. According to their research, universal basic income would permanently grow the economy by around 13 percent. The author then explained the various assumptions the researchers of this study had to make to predict how this policy would effect the economy. In the conclusion of his article, the author tells us that taxes would be raised to make this a viable option.

The author, Michael Salesman, begins his article by giving an account of President Obama's State of the Union address, where President Obama was encouraging Congress to raise the Federal minimum wage. The author announces his disagreement with the President and then dissects the reasons why people are for raising the minimum wage. The author ends his article by stating that campaigns for raising the minimum wage should end because what that are advocating for goes directly against what they say they want.