Safety Net

Obama Looks To Fix Safety Net As Unemployment Rate Rises

The New York Times | Jackie Calmes | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- With unemployment expected to rise well into next year even as the economy slowly recovers, the Obama administration and Democratic lead...

Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

30% Unemployment, Pre-Recession: Immigrant Communities Need Real Recovery

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Seth Freed Wessler

For communities of color, 'recovery' can be a vapid term. People of color consistently face rates of unemployment higher than what whites experience in the worst recessions.

HAPPY for Pets

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


Michael Markarian

By encouraging affordable pet care, the bill not only promotes animal health and well-being, as well as our well-being, but could also help to stimulate the economy.

Unemployment: Cash-Strapped States Delay Checks For Hundreds Of Thousands

nytimes.com | JASON DePARLE | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON -- Years of state and federal neglect have hobbled the nation's unemployment system just as a brutal recession has doubled the number of jo...

Reflections on Reconciliation: Paradox of Excess & Deprivation

Terry Leach | Posted 02.20.2009 | Business


Terry Leach

I wonder if Captain "Sully" Sullenberger's colleagues' pensions are secure. Somehow, I doubt it. Although airlines were the companies we used to loved to hate, airline employees are part of the family, too.