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Baltimore residents push for restoration of funding for youth jobs

May 20, 2011 By Margaret Baldridge

Scores of citizens weighed in on Baltimore's preliminary fiscal year 2012 budget before members of the City Council.

What will it take to pass a jobs program?

May 18, 2011 By Joe Sims

The failure to enact a big enough economic stimulus is the biggest reason the country's in this mess. Obama and the movement that led to his election were too young; the victory was too new and...

Backbone: Schneiderman investigates Wall Street

May 17, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Backbone. That is part of what's been missing over the past few years. Significantly, that may be about to change.

New oil drilling is not a solution

May 17, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

There's a big fight happening in Washington over oil company subsidies.

Unemployment insurance under attack

May 17, 2011 By Art Perlo

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives and in a number of states are out to kill, or at least cripple, unemployment insurance.