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Obama calls White House jobs summit

November 13, 2009 By John Wojcik

With jobless rates at record levels, President Obama announced that he will hold a White House jobs summit in December to tackle the crisis.

Unemployment crisis continues to grow

November 12, 2009 By John Wojcik

CHICAGO - "The stock market rebound is great news, I suppose, but it means nothing for us at home."

A Texas psychologist looks at recent violence

November 11, 2009 By James Thompson

The recent shootings at Fort Hood, Texas and Orlando, Florida suggest that people today may have a different response to economic collapse than what happened during the Great Depression.

Unemployment at record levels

November 9, 2009 By John Wojcik

The nation's official unemployment rate soared into double-digit territory in October, increasing 0.4 percent that month, to 10.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

Some folks are starting to panic

November 4, 2009 By John Case

Democratic defeats in Virginia and New Jersey reveal the destruction that the extended downturn is wreaking on workers' employment, and income, and stability.