Arizona group converting shipping containers from makeshift border wall into homes: ‘The need is huge’

PHOENIX — Some shipping containers that once stood on Arizona’s border to keep people out are now being converted into tiny homes that welcome people in.Wholistic Transformation, a Tucson, Arizona, faith-based nonprofit organization, is using shipping containers from former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s makeshift border wall to build tiny homes for young people transitioning out of…

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Why the unemployment rate is much higher than it seems

“With millions of Americans missing from the workforce, the unemployment rate is being artificially depressed.” … The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. E.J. Antoni is a public finance economist at The Heritage Foundation and a senior…

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Real Unemployment Rate Higher Than Biden’s Official Number

The job market isn’t nearly as strong as officals say. The absence of millions from the workforce artificially lowers unemployment. The labor market is nowhere near as strong as it appears. If that sounds surprising, it’s because the absence of millions of Americans from the workforce artificially lowers the unemployment rate. Accounting for the missing workers reveals…

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