Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault News Release NELP Condemns Trump’s Firing of Thousands of Federal Workers Blog Clear, Grounded, and Resolved: Rising Above the Chaos of the Trump Administration Blog MLK’s Dream vs. Trump-Era Policies: Advancing Workers’ Rights in 2025 Search Filters Topic Type Series Date News Release Trump’s Attacks on Equal Opportunity Will Not Stand The president cannot change civil rights law with his executive order. April 24, 2025 Press Clips USA Today: ‘I’m Alarmed’: With Recession Fears Rising, Jobless Benefits Still Fall Short: Report Our unemployment insurance system is failing workers who've lost their jobs through no fault of their own. April 22, 2025 News Release New Survey of Jobless Workers Reveals How Critical Unemployment Insurance System Falls Short The survey highlights UI's key role in mitigating economic hardship and warns of serious systemic deficiencies that must be addressed. April 22, 2025 Press Clips Black Enterprise: DOGE’s Big Reveal of Unemployment Fraud Claims? Federal Investigators Knew About Them Years Ago NELP's Amy Traub points out that DOGE's findings were "not news to anyone" and were already the subject of congressional hearings. April 18, 2025 News Release Workers Rights Organizations Condemn the Dismantling of Workplace Civil Rights Enforcement Agency Trump's Labor Department has just placed hundreds of staff of a critical civil rights enforcement agency on administrative leave. April 17, 2025 Press Clips AP: DOGE Trumpets Unemployment Fraud That the Government Already Found Years Ago NELP's Amy Traub says this is an attempt to undermine public support for UI at a time when it couldn’t be more important. April 15, 2025 News Release March Jobs Report: Immigrant Workers Power a Steady Economy, Full Impact of Trump Policies Yet to Come One of the major engines still powering the U.S. economy is the labor of immigrant workers. April 4, 2025 News Release NELP Urges New York Governor Kathy Hochul to Delay Flawed Transition of Medicaid CDPAP Homecare Program to Avoid Harm to Clients and Workers Seniors and people with disabilities could be left without the vital services and workers without the paychecks they depend on. March 31, 2025 Press Clips Marketplace: Why Does the Government Have 6 Unemployment Rates? Six rates to measure joblessness may seem like a lot. But they tell different stories about the labor market and whether it’s working for U.S. households. March 26, 2025 Blog NELP Joins Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Religious Exemption from UI Case Allowing CCB to be excused from the UI system could lead to the exclusion of other religiously affiliated employers. March 25, 2025
Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault
News Release Trump’s Attacks on Equal Opportunity Will Not Stand The president cannot change civil rights law with his executive order. April 24, 2025
Press Clips USA Today: ‘I’m Alarmed’: With Recession Fears Rising, Jobless Benefits Still Fall Short: Report Our unemployment insurance system is failing workers who've lost their jobs through no fault of their own. April 22, 2025
News Release New Survey of Jobless Workers Reveals How Critical Unemployment Insurance System Falls Short The survey highlights UI's key role in mitigating economic hardship and warns of serious systemic deficiencies that must be addressed. April 22, 2025
Press Clips Black Enterprise: DOGE’s Big Reveal of Unemployment Fraud Claims? Federal Investigators Knew About Them Years Ago NELP's Amy Traub points out that DOGE's findings were "not news to anyone" and were already the subject of congressional hearings. April 18, 2025
News Release Workers Rights Organizations Condemn the Dismantling of Workplace Civil Rights Enforcement Agency Trump's Labor Department has just placed hundreds of staff of a critical civil rights enforcement agency on administrative leave. April 17, 2025
Press Clips AP: DOGE Trumpets Unemployment Fraud That the Government Already Found Years Ago NELP's Amy Traub says this is an attempt to undermine public support for UI at a time when it couldn’t be more important. April 15, 2025
News Release March Jobs Report: Immigrant Workers Power a Steady Economy, Full Impact of Trump Policies Yet to Come One of the major engines still powering the U.S. economy is the labor of immigrant workers. April 4, 2025
News Release NELP Urges New York Governor Kathy Hochul to Delay Flawed Transition of Medicaid CDPAP Homecare Program to Avoid Harm to Clients and Workers Seniors and people with disabilities could be left without the vital services and workers without the paychecks they depend on. March 31, 2025
Press Clips Marketplace: Why Does the Government Have 6 Unemployment Rates? Six rates to measure joblessness may seem like a lot. But they tell different stories about the labor market and whether it’s working for U.S. households. March 26, 2025
Blog NELP Joins Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Religious Exemption from UI Case Allowing CCB to be excused from the UI system could lead to the exclusion of other religiously affiliated employers. March 25, 2025
