economy
Behind the employment headlines
June 4, 2010Today's business reports will headline a 431,000 growth in employment during May - but there's one little problem: nearly all were temporary Census jobs.
Read moreSenator presses $100 billion jobs bill
June 4, 2010CLEVELAND - At a packed press conference and rally, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced he will introduce a $100 billion jobs bill when the Senate reconvenes next week.
Read moreOn public sector unions: A reply to Mort Zuckerman
May 27, 2010Recently I read with dismay an article by Mort Zuckerman, the editor of U.S. News & World Report, on the Huffingtonpost.com titled 'Breaking the Public Sector Unions' Stranglehold on State and Local Governments.' First, that's a...
Read moreHomeless tent cities grow in the West
May 26, 2010Ira Birkenfeld works with homeless people in Reno, Nevada.
Read moreRacial wealth gap quadruples in 20 years
May 26, 2010Capitalism is bad for working-class people. Unregulated capitalism is even worse.
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