unemployment – Page 29 – People's World

Official jobless rate ticks down; 236,000 new jobs

March 11, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

The nation's jobless rate dropped 0.1 percent in February, to 7.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

The war in Newark, 1967

February 27, 2013 By Tim Wheeler

I sat for two hours copying word for word the reports of the gunshot wounds that ultimately killed 26 people in Newark. Most of them died from gunshot wounds in the back.

NYC Council bans hiring discrimination against unemployed

January 29, 2013 By Hank M. Gracchus

While this important anti-discrimination measure passed overwhelmingly in the city council by a 44-4 vote, opposition continues from employers and their advocates.

Progressives: No cave-in to Republican fiscal cliff demands!

December 18, 2012 By John Wojcik

With less than two weeks until the Bush tax cuts die and harsh automatic cuts to the human safety net kick in, the GOP insists Democrats agree to cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Could you survive on $2 a day?

December 18, 2012 By Gabriel Thompson

Nearly 1.4 million American households live on that much per person.