economy
New Haven creates “jobs pipeline” to fight poverty, unemployment
June 28, 2013NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A ribbon-cutting ceremony with Gov. Dannel Malloy and workers who are now employed through the new "jobs pipeline" program, marked the official opening of New Haven Works.
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Some 1.5 million disappear in Germany
June 10, 2013Hard-hit Berlin, where 400,000 are unaccounted for, will now lose millions of euros in subsidies from the European Union and richer German states.
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Letter from the heartland: Silent factories, human pain
May 23, 2013High unemployment, the paycheck-to-paycheck population of the area, and the increasing incidence of spousal abuse, teen pregnancy and drug use still dominate daily life.
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Austerity-to-prosperity lie based on “bogus math”
May 6, 2013Republicans are committed to the belief that the only way out of the economic crisis is through austerity for the people. Clearly many Democrats as well buy into this profits-before-people policy.
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City Council funds jobs center for Oakland Army Base redevelopment
April 23, 2013A major milestone was passed April 16 in the long struggle to win jobs for local workers in redevelopment of the Oakland Army Base.
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