(NPR) One For The History Books: 14.7% Unemployment, 20.5 Million Jobs Wiped Away

One For The History Books: 14.7% Unemployment, 20.5 Million Jobs Wiped Away

Arnashia McCain uses her phone to copy phone numbers posted on the locked doors of a Georgia Department of Labor office Thursday in Norcross Ga.



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One For The History Books: 14.7% Unemployment, 20.5 Million Jobs Wiped Away

U.S. employers shed a record number of jobs in April, as the unemployment rate climbed to the highest since the Great Depression. The coronavirus crisis has locked down much of the economy.