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Obama Looks To Fix Safety Net As Unemployment Rate Rises

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

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

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Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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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.

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

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Chinatown, ARRA 2009, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Income Inequality, People of Color, Structural Racism, Community Organizer, Racism, Economic Recovery, Immigrants, Racial Disparities, Inequity, Safety Net, Recession, Politics News
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.

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HAPPY for Pets

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Veterinarians, Thaddeus McCotter, Pet Care, Pets, Animals, Recession, American Vetrinary Medical Association, Abandoned Pets, Household Budgets, Animal Rights, Tax Deductible, Animal Welfare, Euthanized, Economic Stimulus, Adopting Pets, Safety Net, Tax Deductions, Politics News
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.

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

nytimes.com | JASON DePARLE | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

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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...

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Reflections on Reconciliation: Paradox of Excess & Deprivation

Terry Leach | Posted 02.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Excess, Human Family, Safety Net, Barack Obama, Reconciliation, Us Airways Hudson River, U.S. Economy, US Airways Plane Crashes, Plane Crash Hudson River, Economy, Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger, Sully, Bankers, Airline Prices, Chesley B. Sully Sullenberger, Healthcare Workers, Hudson River Plane Crash, Great Depression, Sully Pilot Hero, US Airways, Money, Investment Bankers, US Airways Crash, US Airways Pilot, Pensions, Airline Industry, US Economy, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, Sully Plane Crash, Schools, Healthcare, Business News
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.

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