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Last Week's Unemployment Claims Smash Historic Record

Nearly 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment last week, smashing the 1982 record of 695,000.

We talk to MSNBC’s Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) about what it means for the economy.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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