Congress can aid the rising number of long-term unemployed workers by extending unemployment insurance benefits, write Alexandra Cawthorne and Melissa Boteach.
Melissa Boteach is Director of Half in Ten and the Poverty and Prosperity Program at American Progress. In this capacity she coordinates “Half in Ten: The Campaign to Cut Poverty in Half in Ten Years,” a project designed to build the political and public will to reduce poverty by creating good jobs, strengthening families, and [...]