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It wasn’t exactly the best time to be starting a business, with 19% of the country’s workforce out of a job.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Last year, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that young people who have been out of a job or education for 18 months will be offered a guaranteed paid work placement.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

That means Americans without stable, full-time work are locked out of a job market that has settled into a low-hire, low-fire stasis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Perhaps one day it will even be able to write this column in the style of Alan Abelson—and put me out of a job.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

With Mom out of a job, the pressure came on the rest of us to bring in money and food.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz




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