Economy

"I'm less hesitant than ever to leave a job," said Brandon Holland, one of the millions quitting for better pay, conditions, and career prospects.

A Pew survey from February - released this month as part of a larger report - found most Americans weren't happy with the state of the US.

The Tulsa Race Massacre worsened economic inequality through massive destruction of wealth and haunting news coverage, researchers found.

Price growth picked up in September, raising concerns that inflation will spiral out of control. Such fears are overblown, Yellen said in a Sunday CNN interview.

The owner of a dog-walking company in Atlanta, Georgia, said she got, on average, four new enquiries a day, "and we have to turn all of them away."

The childcare industry could be key to the country's economic recovery - if it had enough workers to staff it.

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky said the Great Resignation is more like a "Great Reshuffle." Gen Z and millennials are switching jobs at high rates.

The pandemic showed we can cut poverty with cash investments and that aid wasn't keeping people from going back to work, says Paul Constant.

Going even further, under Sen. Elizabeth Warren's proposal to cancel $50,000, 36 million borrowers would have their debts completely wiped out.

Part of easing the labor shortage is having affordable homes and jobs in the same location. The economic recovery is a chance to fight both problems.

"As much as I cared and loved the children whose care was entrusted to me, I just couldn't do it anymore," one worker who left childcare said.

Utah and Idaho have already seen their labor markets return to pre-pandemic levels. This map shows when the rest of the country could recover.

The most populous US states had low quit rates in August. It's states like Kentucky and Idaho struggling the most through the Great Resignation.

"In the United States Senate, when you have 50 Democrats, everyone is the president," Biden said. Sinema opposes Democrats undoing the GOP tax law.

Biden blamed Manchin and Sinema for the cuts, but told CNN: "I'm going to get it done. And if I don't, I'll be sleeping alone for a long time."

Biden flatly responded "no" when asked if he backs a work requirement for the child tax credit, which provides monthly checks to families.

Democrats are trying to circumvent Sinema in the social spending plan. One tax alternative would pursue massive wealth gains by the rich in the stock market.

Sen. Sanders wants to spend $3.5 trillion on Democrats' social spending bill, but Axios reported Sen. Manchin is okay with spending no money at all.

Democrats have been trying to reach an agreement on a reconciliation bill this week that would appease both progressives and moderate holdouts.

The coal sector has been in decline in West Virginia for decades, but it's a powerful force in the state's identity and politics.

Biden said he's "worried" about the drop in college enrollment for men, as women still continue to be paid less in many industries.

Ahead of the UN climate summit next week, Biden says moderates blocking climate provisions will make the US look bad on the world stage.