U.S.
Jobless rate drops to 8.6% because 315,000 drop out altogether
December 2, 2011This morning's government report was full of unsettling statistics.
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One-third of nation in poverty or “near poverty”
December 2, 2011A startling new study by the Census Bureau reveals that one in three Americans - 100 million people - live in poverty or near poverty.
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Jobless enter Capitol, demand benefits extension
December 1, 2011Two hundred unemployed workers marched into the halls of Congress yesterday and served their lawmakers with 75,000 signatures on petitions demanding extension of unemployment benefits for the six million Americans about to lose them.
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Chicago PeoplesWorld.org readers celebrate growing fightback
December 1, 2011They came to celebrate election victories in Ohio and across the country, the surging recall campaign in Wisconsin and the spreading Occupy movement.
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Republicans tell injured workers “you’re on your own”
December 1, 2011Proposed changes in HB 5002 will drastically change Michigan's workers' compensation law.
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