Possible Recession Looming Amid Inflation Spike
June 14, 2022Currents News Staff Investors are on edge as the Federal Reserve is headed for rough waters. The central bank is debating whether […]
Topic: Unemployment
Queen of Angels Parish Volunteers Feed Day Laborers During the Pandemic
January 23, 2021By Jessica Easthope Every month for the last nine years, Carlos Apestegui packs up his truck in Queens and delivers meals to […]
Seven Months Into Pandemic, Parishioners in Brooklyn Diocese Are Still Grappling With Unemployment
October 20, 2020By Emily Drooby Many New Yorkers are still struggling, especially when it comes to stable work. Across the state, unemployment rates are […]
What New College Grads Can Do to Find a Job During the Pandemic
August 18, 2020Currents News Staff For those who have already graduated from college the job market isn’t looking so great, thanks to the coronavirus. […]
Photographers’ ‘10,000 Headshots’ Initiative Offers Free Headshots to Unemployed During Pandemic
July 22, 2020By Jessica Easthope The coronavirus pandemic has left an estimated one and a half million New Yorkers out of a job. But […]
Unemployed NYC Family Doesn’t Have Enough Money Left to Move to State Where There Is Work
May 4, 2020By Jessica Easthope Unemployment in the United States is the highest it’s been since the Great Depression. Tens of millions of people […]
Currents News full broadcast for Fri, 4/24/20
April 24, 2020On the newscast: As the pandemic crushes jobs, Catholic families confront the unemployment crisis; The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation is donating millions of dollars […]
New York City’s Undocumented Population Faces Exposure to COVID-19 and Food Insecurity
April 24, 2020By Jessica Easthope People across the world are struggling in the midst of a global health crisis. They’re dealing with obvious medical […]
Currents News full broadcast for Thu, 4/23/20
April 23, 2020On the newscast: Unemployment is skyrocketing with millions more out of work. Catholic families in the Diocese of Brooklyn are dealing with […]