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Cutting Hours Instead of Cutting Jobs: Shared Work Within the Unemployment Insurance System

Event on July 15, 2025

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A fifth of this Upper Peninsula community's economy is mining. Can it diversify?

Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer

June 4, 2025

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On the bank of a picturesque river in Canada, a First Nations woman casts her fishing rod into the water. She appears from behind, mid-foreground, and is wearing a fluorescent green jacket, green pants, brown boots, and a light-colored hat. Mountains, pine trees, and a partly cloudy sky are reflected on the river's surface.

Economic implications of reaffirming Indigenous land rights: Lessons from Canada

Rob Gillezeau | University of Toronto

May 30, 2025

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In a brightly lit office space, a man in a gray button-down shirt and black blazer stands at a white board and speaks to two colleagues, a man and a woman, who are partially visible from behind. The speaking man holds a marker close to the white board, which is covered with notes and colorful Post-Its, and looks at his male colleague as he speaks.

Using tailored services, Native CDFIs work to foster financial resilience

Harley Kell | Policy Fellow, Center for Indian Country Development

May 28, 2025

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Data drive updates to state unemployment insurance systems

Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Community Development and Engagement

May 16, 2025

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In a brightly lit residential kitchen that is partially stripped down to the studs, a drywall installer with his back to the camera uses a cordless drill to attach a drywall panel to the ceiling joists. He wears a long-sleeve, maroon-colored shirt and is using his left hand to brace the panel in place as he holds the drill in his right hand.

Roofs, repairs, and rodents: How housing quality has climbed in the Twin Cities

Erik Hembre | Senior Economist, Community Development and Engagement

April 29, 2025

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Inside an industrial building, a male worker wearing a black welding hood, navy blue long-sleeve shirt, and protective gloves bends over the edge of a metal table and welds with a small torch. The seal of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians is visible on the side of the hood. Various machines and a large, vertical, translucent yellow screen or safety shield are visible in the background.

New data showcase the breadth of tribally owned businesses

Ava LaPlante | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development Elijah Moreno | Cornell University Vanessa Palmer | Data Director, Center for Indian Country Development

April 15, 2025

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A male HVAC technician in a black long-sleeve tee shirt, gray pants, and white hard hat services commercial air conditioning equipment on the roof of an industrial building. A patch of partly cloudy sky is visible in the background.

Federal contract consolidation: Help or hindrance for Native entity enterprises?

Jacqui Baldwin-LeClair | Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Indian Country Development Ava LaPlante | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development

April 9, 2025

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Insights from a decade of economic research in Indian Country

Casey Lozar | Vice President, Director of Center for Indian Country Development Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Community Development and Engagement Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement

April 3, 2025

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Photo on left side of image: A close-up of a woman's hands resting atop a wooden table. Her fists are balled up against one another in an expression of worry or tension, and the sleeves of her gray cable-knit sweater are pulled up to the base of her fingers. Photo on right side of image: A view looking down at the photographer's lower legs and shoes as she stands on a wet, blacktopped playground surface that's painted with white arrows pointing in different directions. She wears black leggings and bright red sneakers with white laces and soles.

How low-income women experience the unemployment insurance system

Mary Hogan | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Amalea Jubara | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development

April 3, 2025

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Photo on left side of image: A man in a denim-blue button-down shirt sits at his kitchen table with his chin in his folded hands, looking intently at his laptop screen. Photo on right side of image: Close-up of a tall, hastily stacked pile of paperwork, some of it with brightly colored Post-It flags and notes attached.

Administrative processes shape unemployment insurance access

Ayushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and Engagement

March 18, 2025

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A view of a residential neighborhood in an urban community in Middle America as storm clouds gather in the sky. A park space is seen in the foreground and a mix of apartment buildings and a water tower are visible in the background. Colored bars in shades of red and orange overlay parts of the image, as a design element.

Rising property insurance costs stress multifamily housing

Christina Spicher | Intern, Community Development and Engagement Libby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement

March 4, 2025

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