1/4 Another 6 million Americans filed for #unemployment insurance this week. That brings our total to nearly 17 million since the #Covid-19 crisis went into full swing. And that number likely still underestimates the total extent of job loss. @newamericaed #wkdev #Covid

2/4 Many #UI sites are crashing and filing claims is not easy. It’s possible that many of these folks will be able to go right back to work once the stay-at-home orders start coming down. But many will not. @newamericaed #covid

3/4 And it’s a safe bet that the need for social distancing will keep recurring, as new hot spots emerge. We need to start thinking about how to help millions get back to work and earning an income and that means using the power of the federal government to create #jobs.

4/4 There will a lot of pressure to put our resources into short-term training programs rather than job creation. That would be a mistake. Training needs to be embedded into a federal job creation strategy, not as an alternative to it. For more, see here: https://tinyurl.com/v5mvlgx ">https://tinyurl.com/v5mvlgx&q...