The disappearing unemployment lifeline
During the pandemic, self-employed, gig and freelance workers were eligible for unemployment benefits. Now as states start cutting back on those pandemic-era programs, that subset of workers is about ...
30 Jun 202110min
Record-breaking heat in the Pacific Northwest
A massive heat dome -- an atmospheric trap of hot ocean air -- has had temperatures soaring in the Pacific Northwest for days. Plus, Republicans consider taxing big tech to close the digital divide. ...
29 Jun 202111min
Canada’s racial reckoning
Last week, the Cowessess First Nation said it found 751 unmarked graves of children at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan. This comes just weeks after the remains of 215 other chi...
28 Jun 202111min
Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure deal
President Biden took a preemptive victory lap yesterday over his massive $1 trillion+ infrastructure package, touting a bipartisan agreement he says he’s brokered. Plus, Minneapolis prepares for Dere...
25 Jun 202111min
The effects of the worker shortage
This morning we’re bringing you the stories of how a labor shortage is affecting two industries: airlines and small, long-standing businesses. Plus, President Biden’s executive orders on gun violence...
24 Jun 202110min
A wake-up call for manufacturing
According to a speech scheduled to be delivered today, the Director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese, will say the economic disruption of the pandemic shows that America needs an industri...
23 Jun 202110min
The Democrats’ uphill battle on voting rights
The Senate is voting today on whether or not to move forward with the For the People Act, a sweeping election reform bill that’s been at the top of the Democratic wish list for months. But the vote li...
22 Jun 202110min
The future of U.S. counterterrorism in Afghanistan
Axios Political Reporter Jonathan Swan sat down this week with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan for the latest episode of Axios on HBO, and their conversation raised questions about the future of ...
21 Jun 202111min
