Articles by Heather Boushey

• Ask the Expert: Heather Boushey on How Inequality Threatens the Middle Class, January 23, 2012
• Hard Work Should Pay Off, January 9, 2012
• We Can’t Allow the Payroll Tax Cut and Unemployment Benefits to Expire, December 19, 2011
• 5 Reasons to Continue Unemployment Benefits, December 12, 2011
• Big Ideas for Small Business: The American Jobs Act, December 8, 2011
• Economic Inequality Is Not Sustainable, December 6, 2011
• Congress Needs to Act to Keep Job Growth Going, December 2, 2011
• We Need to Focus on the 99 Percent, December 2, 2011
• No es el momento de terminar los beneficios de desempleo, November 28, 2011
• Our Economy Needs Help Now, November 28, 2011
• No Time to End Unemployment Benefits, November 23, 2011
• Conservatives in Congress Thwart Economic Growth, November 4, 2011
• The Conservative-Created Jobs Crisis, November 4, 2011
• Investment Growth Strong in Third Quarter, October 27, 2011
• Government Spending Is Just What Our Economy Needs, October 4, 2011
• Now Is the Time to Fix Our Broken Infrastructure, September 22, 2011
• Unemployment Insurance Dollars Create Millions of Jobs, September 21, 2011
• El Acta de Empleos Estadounidenses, September 16, 2011
• The American Jobs Act, September 14, 2011
• Census Data Underscore the Urgency of Enacting Job-Creation Measures , September 13, 2011
• Take Two: The President's Proposal to Stimulate the Economy and Create Jobs, September 13, 2011
• Government Spending Can Create Jobs—and It Has, September 8, 2011
• Sharp Spending Cuts Associated with a Downgraded Economy, September 7, 2011
• Job Creation Requires Spending, September 7, 2011
• Job Crisis Not Abating, September 2, 2011
• Job Gains in July Can’t Mask Weak Recovery , August 5, 2011
• Interactive: State Budget Cuts Means No Recovery for Women’s Jobs, July 8, 2011
• Economy Moving in the Wrong Direction, July 8, 2011
• The Risks of Debt Default on the Economy and Jobs, July 7, 2011
• Job Creation Strategies That Work, June 23, 2011
• The Emergency in Front of Us Is Jobs, June 3, 2011
• Housing Market to Economy: "I'll Stop When You Stop", June 2, 2011
• Are Jobs Coming Back?, June 1, 2011
• Same Old, Same Old, May 31, 2011
• Más de lo Mismo, May 31, 2011
• Why Regulations Can Help Your Business Grow, May 27, 2011
• Why Goldman Sachs's Bonuses May Be Bad for the Economy, May 24, 2011
• The JOBS Act Is Not About Jobs, May 18, 2011
• Shortchanged and Shortsighted, May 17, 2011
• IMF Chief's Rape Arrest: How a Leadership Vaccuum Could Affect Millions, May 16, 2011
• The Endangered Middle Class: Is the American Dream Slipping out of Reach for American Families?, May 12, 2011
• Job Growth Remains Insufficient, May 6, 2011
• Changing Places, May 6, 2011
• Interactive Map: Many States Paring Back Unemployment Benefits, May 6, 2011
• Not Working: Unemployment Among Married Couples, May 6, 2011
• Could the United States Handle a Major Supply Chain Disruption?, April 7, 2011
• An Exclusive 'Path to Prosperity', April 6, 2011
• Ryan’s Unbelievable Path to Prosperity , April 6, 2011
• Spending Cuts Will Cripple Jobs Recovery, April 1, 2011
• Government Policies and Actions that Are Impediments to Job Creation, March 30, 2011
• Attacking the Core of Our Economy, March 15, 2011
• Jobs Returning, Slowly, March 4, 2011
• Where Is the Labor Market Headed?, March 4, 2011
• Made in America: Innovations in Job Creation and Economic Growth, March 3, 2011
• Looking Back at the Recovery Act, February 18, 2011
• Accomplishments of the Recovery Act, February 16, 2011
• Improving Efforts to Help Unemployed Americans Find Jobs, February 10, 2011
• Toward a Strong Unemployment Insurance System, February 8, 2011
• Rebuilding the Middle Class, February 4, 2011
• The State of the American Workforce, January 26, 2011
• The End of the Mancession, January 25, 2011
• America 2021: Jobs and the Economy, December 15, 2010
• No, Really—We Can!, December 14, 2010
• The College Conundrum, December 3, 2010
• The Economic Case for Unemployment Insurance and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, November 23, 2010
• Animation: How Unemployment Insurance Helps Families and the Economy, November 18, 2010
• What Is Unemployment Insurance?, November 15, 2010
• Unemployment Insurance Benefits Don’t Prevent Job Searching, November 15, 2010
• Employers Add Workers but Jobs Still Hard to Find, November 5, 2010
• Stuck in First Gear, October 8, 2010
• Let’s Get Our Priorities Straight, September 30, 2010
• Extending Unemployment Insurance Benefits 101, September 21, 2010
• Boost Demand, Invest in Ourselves, September 21, 2010
• What the Census Tells Us About the Great Recession, September 17, 2010
• Moving the U.S. Economy Out of First Gear, September 14, 2010
• We Need Customers, September 8, 2010
• Spinning Our Wheels, September 7, 2010
• Are Young Women Earning More Than Their Boyfriends?, September 7, 2010
• The Canary in the Coal Mine , September 3, 2010
• Should We Brace for Deflation Now?, August 12, 2010
• Congress Has More Work to Do to Speed Recovery, August 6, 2010
• Slow Progress for American Workers, August 6, 2010
• Does the Labor Market Punish Mothers or All Women?, August 5, 2010
• Middle-Class Economic Security Begins with Paycheck Fairness, July 22, 2010
• Senate, Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act!, July 21, 2010
• The Persistence of the Pay Gap, July 14, 2010
• Congress Must Extend Unemployment Insurance, July 7, 2010
• An Unemployed American Should Not Be a Political Football, July 7, 2010
• Economic Mismanagement, July 2, 2010
• Private Sector Hiring Lackluster in June, July 2, 2010
• Today’s Unemployment Crisis by the Numbers, June 29, 2010
• Keep the Money Flowing, June 24, 2010
• Fiddling While Rome Burns, June 21, 2010
• Policy Responses to Long-Term Unemployment, June 10, 2010
• The Latest Employment Woes, June 4, 2010
• Unmarried Women Continue to See High Unemployment in April, May 10, 2010
• Recovery Brings Job Gains, May 7, 2010
• Families Can’t Afford the Gender Wage Gap , April 20, 2010
• States Start to See Growth, Hurdles Remain, April 16, 2010
• Good News Amid Fragile Recovery, April 2, 2010
• Resolving Work-Life Conflicts, March 29, 2010
• It’s Time for Policies to Match Modern Family Needs, March 29, 2010
• Strengthening the Middle Class: Ensuring Equal Pay for Women, March 11, 2010
• Our Working Nation, March 8, 2010
• Lack of Robust Job Creation Is a Worrisome Trend, March 5, 2010
• Work and Family Are Middle-Class Issues, March 2, 2010
• A Better Way to Help the Unemployed, February 9, 2010
• Social Security Cares 101, February 5, 2010
• The Foundations of Economic Recovery and Growth, January 28, 2010
• The Three Faces of Work-Family Conflict, January 25, 2010
• The Recession Marches On, January 8, 2010
• Weathering the Storm: Creating Jobs in the Recession, December 9, 2009
• Obama’s Right: Job Creation Is Paramount, December 8, 2009
• What the Federal Government Can Do, December 6, 2009
• The Great Recession Is Over, but Will It Be a Great Recovery?, December 4, 2009
• Meeting the Jobs Challenge, December 2, 2009
• A Job Saved Is as Good as a Job Created, November 19, 2009
• Unemployment Rises Above 10 Percent for the First Time in 26 Years, November 6, 2009
• The Recession Brings Higher Unemployment to Unmarried Women , November 6, 2009
• Job Prospects Remain Dim for Millions of Workers, October 2, 2009
• Family Income Free Fall, September 10, 2009
• Interactive Graphic: Equal Work Without Equal Pay, September 8, 2009
• A Good Job Is Hard to Find, September 4, 2009
• Confronting the Gloves-Off Economy, September 1, 2009
• Interactive Graphic: More Families Must Rely on Women Wage Earners, August 7, 2009
• Women Breadwinners, Men Unemployed, July 20, 2009
• Uneven Job Losses, July 17, 2009
• Recession Still Plagues Workers, July 2, 2009
• Interactive Graphic: Women Still Primary Breadwinners, July 2, 2009
• Paid Sick Days, a Luxury in the U.S., June 25, 2009
• Spring Is Not Yet Awakening, Says the Federal Reserve, with Good Reason, June 24, 2009
• Insight from the States on Economic Recovery, June 19, 2009
• Helping Breadwinners When It Can’t Wait, June 8, 2009
• Ask the Expert: Using Social Security to Ensure Paid Family and Medical Leave, June 8, 2009
• Interactive Graphic: Women Breadwinners More Important than Ever , June 5, 2009
• Paid Sick Days Benefit Workers, Employers, May 27, 2009
• Interactive Map: As General Motors Goes, So Goes the Nation, May 22, 2009
• Unemployed—and Staying That Way, May 8, 2009
• Infographic: Gender and the Recession, May 8, 2009
• Flawed Flu Prescription, May 6, 2009
• Infografía: La Importancia de las Mujeres como Sostén del Hogar, May 1, 2009
• Infographic: The Importance of Women Breadwinners, April 30, 2009
• Must Servers Ask: Swine Flu with Your Entrée?, April 28, 2009
• Why Aren’t We There Yet?, April 27, 2009
• Will Economic Trends Change Family Dynamics?, April 22, 2009
• Interactive Map: Increased Job Losses in Nearly Every State, April 20, 2009
• No Good News for Workers, April 3, 2009
• How to Help the Economy, and Families, March 29, 2009
• Interactive Map: More Job Losses in Every State, March 27, 2009
• Interactive Map: Unemployment Rising in Every State, March 11, 2009
• For Workers, The Grim News Just Keeps Coming, March 6, 2009
• Encouraging Family-Friendly Workplace Policies, March 3, 2009
• Economic Stimulus Forum: Let's Get People Back to Work!, February 27, 2009
• Economic Analysis: Heather Boushey, February 22, 2009
• Compromising Women’s Jobs, February 9, 2009
• Video: How the Recovery Package Creates Jobs, February 9, 2009
• Job Losses Continue at Accelerated Pace, February 6, 2009
• Interactive Map: Job Losses Increase in a Majority of States, January 27, 2009
• Equal Pay for Breadwinners, January 22, 2009
• Labor Market Free Fall, January 9, 2009
• Fair Pay Is Critical as the Recession Deepens, January 8, 2009
• The Stimulus: Four Reasons We Can't Afford Not to Have One, January 6, 2009
• Time to Upgrade Windows: New Green Jobs for the Construction Industry, December 16, 2008
• New Evidence of Worsening Problems: Falling Employer-Based Coverage, April 14, 2004
• Proposed Welfare Reform Changes Put Working Moms in a Bind, March 4, 2004