Why Millions of US Workers Aren’t Collecting Unemployment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Jon Miltimore Before COVID-19, Annie Frodeman held two-part time jobs, one as a ramp agent for Piedmont Airlines in Burlington and another registering ER…
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COVID Crisis Could Push 100 Million People into Extreme Poverty, New World Bank Study Says
By Jon Miltimore The economic consequences of the COVID-19 lockdowns are well-chronicled. In the US, more than 100,000 businesses have been wiped out. More than…
America’s Historic Unemployment Cliff: 10 Facts You Should Know
By Jon Miltimore Nations around the world are taking actions to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, a disease some scientists say could kill…
California Pumps the Brakes on Anti-Gig Work Law
By Jon Miltimore We warned months ago that California’s AB5 would be a death sentence to the gig economy. It appears California lawmakers are finally…
The 10 Worst State Laws Proposed and Passed in 2019
By Jon Miltimore In April, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, proposed banning the popular video game Fortnite, saying it was irresponsible to allow kids…
The Origins of the Thought Police — and Why They Scare Us
By Jon Miltimore There are a lot of unpleasant things in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. Spying screens. Torture and propaganda. Victory Gin and Victory…
The 8 Fastest Disappearing Jobs in America
By Jon Miltimore One of the certainties of a market economy is change. As Joseph Schumpeter famously observed, innovation moves the world forward, but not…
5 of the Fastest Growing Jobs in the US That Pay Great Salaries
By Jon Miltimore The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently offered a 10-year economic forecast that outlines what economists predict the job market to…
7 Reasons to Oppose Red Flag Guns Laws
By Jon Miltimore The Associated Press reports Congress is seriously considering red flag gun laws. These laws, also called “extreme risk protection orders,” allow courts…
7 Hot Topics That Came Up During the Democratic Debates (and One Thing That Did Not)
By Jon Miltimore, Carey Wedler and Laura Williams The second round of presidential debates have come and gone, but familiar Democratic talking points remain largely…
44 Things You Should Know About The Green New Deal
By Jon Miltimore On Feb. 7, US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and US Sen. Ed Markey introduced legislation known as the Green New Deal. You’ve probably…
Two Ways Our World Resembles “1984”
By Jon Miltimore When I took 1984 with me on vacation recently, I didn’t expect to read it. Unlike the two other books with me—Jordan…
8 Historic Cases That Show the FBI and CIA Were Out of Control Long Before Russiagate
By Jon Miltimore and Carey Wedler Conservatives tend to have two bad habits. First, they’re prone to viewing the past through a nostalgic lens. Second,…
Lawmakers in Hawaii Propose Repealing Second Amendment
By Carey Wedler and Jon Miltimore Legislators in Hawaii, which has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the United States, moved this week to…