Jordan Weissmann

This isn’t the scandal journalists are making it out to be.

By some measures, livelihoods actually improved when the economy locked down. It’s up to Congress to keep them that way.

By some measures, livelihoods actually improved when the economy locked down. It’s up to Congress to keep them that way.

New research suggests shoveling money at Americans during an economic crisis did the trick.

New research suggests shoveling money at Americans during an economic crisis did the trick.

By some measures, livelihoods actually improved when the economy locked down. It’s up to Congress to keep them that way.

New research suggests shoveling money at Americans during an economic crisis did the trick.

There’s a glass-half-empty explanation, and a glass-half-full one, and honestly neither is great.

New research suggests shoveling money at Americans during an economic crisis did the trick.

There’s a glass-half-empty explanation, and a glass-half-full one, and honestly neither is great.

New research suggests shoveling money at Americans during an economic crisis did the trick.

There’s a glass-half-empty explanation, and a glass-half-full one, and honestly neither is great.

Republicans will use any positive sign about the recovery as an excuse to cut off essential aid to the jobless.

New research suggests shoveling money at Americans during an economic crisis did the trick.

There’s a glass-half-empty explanation, and a glass-half-full one, and honestly neither is great.

Republicans will use any positive sign about the recovery as an excuse to cut off essential aid to the jobless.

Republicans will use any positive sign about the recovery as an excuse to cut off essential aid to the jobless.

Defying economists’ expectations, unemployment fell in May and the economy added 2.5 million jobs.

Defying economists’ expectations, unemployment fell in May and the economy added 2.5 million jobs.

Defying economists’ expectations, unemployment fell in May and the economy added 2.5 million jobs.