//Jobless Americans are surviving on less than $200 a week in some states — and urging Congress to act

Jobless Americans are surviving on less than $200 a week in some states — and urging Congress to act

Now that the $600 federal unemployment supplement has expired, Eliajah Carroll is trying to survive on only $200 a week in Rhode Island state benefits.The Providence bartender, who hasn’t worked since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered his restaurant in March, logs onto Indeed every morning to hunt for work. He’s applied for jobs at banks, at retailers in malls and at cell phone stores. Only one