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Another 2.1 Million Americans File for Unemployment

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More than 40 million people have filed unemployment claims since the coronavirus became a pandemic in mid-March. The Labor Department reported Thursday that another 2.1 million claims were filed last week, bringing the total to roughly the equivalent of one in four U.S. workers.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Gene Sperling (@genebsperling), former director of the National Economic Council.

This segment aired on May 28, 2020.

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