Heather Long

• Post Reports

2021 was a big year for quitting. Millions of Americans resigned. For the first episode in our series on “quitters,” we go to a restaurant in Arkansas where nearly every employee – and the owners – found themselves reassessing their work, and their lives.

• Economy

The bipartisan law includes $550 billion in new investments in roads, bridges, broadband and more. It is widely expected to create a lot of jobs.

• Economic Policy

Policymakers are facing the devilish and unfamiliar quandary of booming consumer demand and dramatic supply disruptions.

• Economy

Job seekers increasingly want higher pay, more flexibility, and remote options. Meanwhile, companies continue to favor candidates with several years of experience, availability to work evening or weekend hours, and willingness to work in-person.

• Economy
• Analysis

The $1.2 trillion infrastructure package and nearly $2 trillion "Build Back Better" plan are widely expected to lift growth and jobs in the coming years. Inflation could increase next year, but many costs would go down for lower-income households.

• Economy
• Analysis

American families and businesses are changing their habits as they increasingly believe high prices are here to stay.

• Post Reports

Working in a day care is a demanding job — but the pay is typically around just $12 an hour, and often without benefits. Many child-care workers have quit during the pandemic, leaving parents without options and struggling to return to work themselves.

• Economy

September marked the weakest hiring this year, and an alarming number of women had to stop working again to deal with unstable school and child-care situations.

• Economy

Americans with college degrees fully recovered all pandemic job losses by May, while Americans without college degrees remain 4.5 million jobs below pre-pandemic levels. Black women are still the least recovered.