How to Fix Our Broken Unemployment System

America’s unemployment insurance system was designed for the workers of the 1920s. It was so utterly inadequate during the pandemic — the most sudden and severe job loss the US has ever seen — that Congress had to build a whole new program even as it was propping up the old one. Now Americans are afraid of the impact AI will have on their jobs and careers, and a lack of leadership is feeding that fear. If government and elected officials want to be responsive to their constituents, they need to