A government program aimed at helping unemployed homeowners avoid foreclosure ended with more than half its money unspent. The Emergency Homeowner...
Having an unemployed parent increases the risk for disruptions in nutrition, housing, and education -- all of which are important for a child's future.
WASHINGTON -- A little over two years ago, Floyd Kelly, then an associate at Walmart, transferred from one company store in Washington State to anothe...
Living in a community loaded with talent from major universities I'm all too aware of the pressures that students feel to pursue degrees in law or business.
As we observe Labor Day 2011, it's clear that working men and women in the U.S. and Canada are hurting. As more and more money continues to be siphoned off by the wealthiest, the middle class is being decimated.
Waters took a stab at Congressional leadership who have caved to the unrealistic demands of the Tea Party -- demands that don't reflect the values, issues or concerns of a vast majority of Americans.
Enough with the inaction, enough with the inflammatory rhetoric, and enough with the partisan gamesmanship. The American people have spoken. It's time to listen and act.
While unemployment numbers fell slightly nationwide this week, there are still thousands without jobs in the Chicago area-- and some 7,000 jobseekers ...
SPRINGFIELD, Penn. -- Among those here in the parking lot of the Masonic Hall, there's an abiding sense that the economic recovery has stalled, if it ...
Less than a year ago, Tim Hendricks was a vice president and stock trader 21 years into a career at Merrill Lynch in downtown Chicago. These days Hend...
One in five children in my state of Tennessee is at risk of hunger. But this is not just a Tennessee crisis. Nationally, one in four children are at risk of going to bed hungry.
With unemployment at 9.1 percent, and the broader underemployment rate at 15.8 percent, a Gallup poll released Wednesday suggests that higher-educated...
After being unemployed for two years, I am working again. Instead of being one of the nearly 14 million Americans who are unemployed, I am one of the 8.5 million underemployed, earning about a third of what I was making before I was laid off.
Every year in Cook County, thousands of women are facing tough choices and making the difficult decision to declare bankruptcy, a decision that has the potential to dramatically change someone's life.
NEW YORK -- For David Cristello, the jobs are catch as catch can. Cristello, 23, currently holds down five part-time jobs. Come summer, when h...
Although the United States population has grown by 120 million people in the past fifty-odd years, today's new homes are selling at just half the pace...
America now has about 25 million people either out of work or underemployed. Meanwhile, corporate profits continue to set records. What's going on?
The last ten years certainly weren't pretty. The last decade was "one of the weakest on record" for GDP and job growth, according to Rebecca Thies...
Last week's State of the Union message by the President left out any substantial references to today's labor market realities. Here's what should have been delivered to our nation.
Fact: there are over 81 million young people unemployed worldwide and youth unemployment stands at over 18% in the US. And, Scott Gerber, entrepreneur...
While adult education bridge programs by themselves will not solve our economic woes, they are a crucial piece in constructing a positive economic path forward.
The JOLTS report should also be a wakeup call to Congress. Until jobs are more abundant there needs to be an extension of unemployment benefits for 99ers -- unemployment benefit exhaustees.
WASHINGTON -- With 17 percent of the American workforce either unemployed or underemployed, experts predict that the scarring consequences of the rece...
Gizmodo posted an interesting article earlier this week that says that at least 5,000 janitors working in America have Ph.Ds. Whoa.
America is going through economic chaos. But a lot of other things are going on, too. There aren't enough of us living normal, stable lives.
