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April 3, 2025

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s Extreme Tariffs Have Already Hit the Auto Industry

Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, meanwhile, promised that employment would go up as a result of the tariffs.

April 1, 2025

Malcolm Ferguson

RFK Jr. Launches Bloodbath at Health Department in Mass Layoffs

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is firing crucial health workers.

March 13, 2025

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Suffers Huge Loss as Judge Overturns “Unlawful” Mass Firings

At Donald Trump’s behest, DOGE had sought to gut the federal workforce.

March 6, 2025

Layoffs Hit Unbelievable High Thanks to Trump and Musk

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government have caused a record-breaking surge in layoffs.

February 27, 2025

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Takes Aim at Social Security in Dreadful New Layoffs Order

Remember when Donald Trump promised he wouldn’t touch Social Security? That didn’t last long.

January 31, 2025

Trump Is Now Begging Federal Workers to Take His “Buyout”

Donald Trump is desperate to cut the federal government.

February 7, 2024

The Perverse Cruelty of Big Tech Layoffs

Once capitalism’s signal that your company was failing, under today’s deranged rules it’s capitalism’s confirmation that your company is red hot.

December 21, 2022

The American Holiday Tradition of Firing Workers for No Reason

It’s that time of year when bosses look at their balance sheets and send employees packing. Legally, they don’t even have to explain why—and usually, they don’t.

September 8, 2020

My 98 Days in Unemployment Purgatory

As a reporter covering unemployment, I thought I knew everything I needed to get by. Then I was laid off.