Jobless Claims Drop, But Still Dangerously High
WASHINGTON — New applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week from a seven-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, though the...
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The Missing Debate on Poverty
Linda Basch | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics
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The candidates' strategic messages on the welfare of the middle class were loud and clear during the debate, but it was their silence on poverty that was truly deafening.
A Few Reforms Are Simply Not Enough
Gerald McEntee | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics
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More than 750,000 people have lost their jobs since the beginning of the year -- 160,000 last month alone, the most in more than 5 years.
10 Tips For The Suddenly Unemployed
beliefnet.com | Jennifer Kushell | Posted 10.03.2008 | Living
For the tens of thousands who have lost their jobs, and the millions of others fearing for the jobs they still have, YSN.com's Jennifer Kushell shares...
Most Jobs Cut In Over 5 Years, Signs Of Recession Worsen
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home
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WASHINGTON — Jobs are vanishing at the fastest pace in more than five years with pink slips likely to keep stacking higher in the months ahead, ...
Economy sheds most jobs since 2003, more cuts seen
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 10.03.2008 | Business
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WASHINGTON — Jobs are vanishing at the fastest pace in more than five years with pink slips likely to keep stacking higher in the months ahead, ...
Wall Street Credit Crash Threatens To Tank U.S. Auto Industry
Diane Tucker | Posted 10.02.2008 | Home
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"Every job lost on Wall Street impacts two-to-three jobs on the outside. By comparison, every job lost at an auto plant impacts nearly 10 jobs on the outside... We don't want to know what happens if the domestic auto industry gets away from us."
Slowing Economy: 600,000 Jobs Lost - And Counting
CNN | Steve Hargreaves | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business
Job losses have been mounting, and the slowing economy and credit crunch is likely to take an even greater toll in the coming months. Analysts on ave...
This is a Crisis -- But Also an Amazing Opportunity
Johann Hari | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics
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Even if the bail-out finally goes ahead, credit is drying up; unemployment is sure to swell, along with all the rage and resentment it brings. So why am I feeling -- tentatively, terribly -- optimistic?
American Workers Need Congress and the President to Act Fast to Expand Emergency Unemployment Benefits
Christine L. Owens | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics
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For these workers and their families, economic catastrophe is not a vague threat of what may happen if Congress fails to act. The economic crisis is real, upfront and personal.
The Failed Bailout: A Drop in the Bucket and Abusive to Renters
Shahid Buttar | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business
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Beyond its uncertainty, the Administration also appears as disingenuous as it did on Iraq. Five years ago, officials cried wolf about weapons of mass destruction that were never found.
Our Economy, Then and Now
Hillary Rettig | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics
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My students are all working as hard or much harder than my parents did -- some holding two and even three jobs -- but can barely cover rent and food - with rent alone usually amounting to around 50% of their income.
Waiting for the Deluge
Sasha Abramsky | Posted 09.29.2008 | Business
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In some ways, it's not only the economy that's now facing organ failure; it's also the GOP itself. Over the next few days we'll be seeing something approaching a civil war developing in the party.
The Upside of Unemployment
Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 09.29.2008 | Business
This is more of a "what you might not have considered" list that will help you during the transitory period between one job and the next.
Women May Be Most Affected By Economic Crisis And Election
Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home
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If women aren't looked after in this election, in this economic environment, the losses will be substantial and lasting.
Tips for the Suddenly Unemployed
Jennifer Kushell | Posted 09.23.2008 | Living
For the tens of thousands who have lost their jobs, and the millions of others fearing for the jobs they still have, YSN.com's Jennifer Kushell shares...
Suddenly Obama's Auto-Policies Matter: Michigan Is The New Florida
Diane Tucker | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home
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Any sort of cash incentive to get manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles -- and to get people to buy more of them -- is an admirable thing. But let's not forget that if people just make smarter choices, this nation's energy usage will go down dramatically.
Bailout May Bring More Economic Disaster If Obama Doesn't Act
Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home
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Obama should publicly go along with Paulson's plan for now. But he should quietly create a new banking institution free of toxic debt and repeal the bailout in 2009.
Sweetening the Trillion Dollar Bailout
Sasha Abramsky | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics
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It's been said so many times this week, it hardly needs restating, but I'll restate it anyway: the financial collapse we're in the middle of, and the ...
Michigan: The Key To Election 2008
Diane Tucker | Posted 09.19.2008 | Home
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"Michigan has suffered this economy in its worst form. Voters blame the Democratic governor and the Democratic Party, and the Republican president and the Republican Party."
America: Yours, Mine, and Ours (Part 1)
Terrance Heath | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics
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Part One: Yours, Mine... One of the things I hoped for when Michelle Obama spoke at the Democratic convention, was that she would introduce people to ...
McCain Wimps Out, Country Shrugs
Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics
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Far from the eccentric rebel he likes to portray, McCain is a sad pawn in the religious right's attempt to maintain power in the GOP and over the country.
McCain's Claims of "Change" in His Acceptance Speech Are New Standard for Chutzpah
Mitchell Bard | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics
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"And let me offer an advance warning to the old, big spending, do nothing, me first, country second Washington crowd: change is coming." "And when we...
Democrats Hope for Future; Republicans Trickle On It
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics
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The most fundamental difference in how Democrats and Republicans view middle class Americans revealed itself inadvertently in speeches during the second night of the convention in Denver.
This Election is Green; Not Black and White
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics
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Republicans Bush and Cheney put us here, with McCain agreeing all the way. Electing McSame would result in four more years of greenbacks draining out of our wallets.
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