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Another View of the Capitol, Where Jobs Are Top Priority
Now isn't the time to cut the supports the economy needs to grow again and working-class people need to get back on their feet. The No. 1 priority is …
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Our Triple Jobs Problem
If you hear somebody talking about the US ‘jobs problem,’ ask them which one they mean, says Alejandro Reuss, who points to three key issues.
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Economy Added 169,000 Jobs in August, but Downward Revisions Cloud Picture
Bad jobs are increasing because in a weak labor market, workers can't find anything better.
Black Unemployment 50 Years After the March on Washington
The 1963 March on Washington was billed as a march for Jobs and Freedom.
Scot Nakagawa: Civil Rights Are for Everyone
Scot Nakagawa talks with Truthout about the impediments to American people getting real about rights.
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Things to Know as Collapse Becomes Hip
Economists never seem to connect the eco in economy to the eco in ecosystem; but as financial, economic, and climate collapse continues, people must rise to change our world's …
Abracadabra, You’re a Part-Timer: How Corporate America Used the Great Recession to Turn Good Jobs Into Bad Ones
demystify the sleight-of-hand by which good jobs were transformed into bad jobs, full-time workers with benefits into freelancers with nothing, during the dark days of the Great Recession.
Frackonomics: The Science and Economics of the Gas Boom
We need a public employment program geared toward the construction of a new sustainable energy system.
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Economy Added 162,000 Jobs in July; Unemployment Rate Falls to 7.4 Percent
The Labor Department reported the economy added 162,000 jobs in July. Job growth for the prior two months was also revised down by 26,000, bringing the average growth over …
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President Offers To Give Republicans The Store, They Demand More
The President offered Republicans a corporate tax reform plan that gives them everything they want.