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Unemployment
The American Dream Can Be a Dead End, Especially If You Grow Up in the “Wrong Place“
There's one America where dreams can come true, and another where they tend to fizzle.
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Jobs: Boehner-McConnell Hypocrisy Blocks Obama-Conyers Action
The American Jobs Act would net 1.9 million new jobs and slice the unemployment rate by a percentage point.
Poverty in the US
For the more than 40 million Americans in poverty, everyday life is a struggle.
Greece: Signs of Growth Come as Austerity Eases
The IMF's austerity plan hasn't worked. Greece's possible recovery is down to a construction program boosting the economy.
Shame on Congress for Its Criminal Neglect of the Jobless
Isaiah J. Poole: Congress' adjournment for the week without renewing unemployment benefits was the left jab of a one-two punch against the jobless.
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Time for a New Works Progress Administration?
We need to create a new Works Progress Administration and make the government the employer of last resort.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Delays Vote on Unemployment Benefits, and More
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had to delay a crucial vote on unemployment benefits so that Republican lawmakers could finalize their list of demands, and more.
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GOP Economic Sabotage Continues With Filibuster of Jobless Benefits
Republicans are engaged in yet more hostage-taking obstruction.
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Where Is the Democrats’ Outrage?
Eugene Robinson: Shame on Republicans for blocking long-term unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans. And shame on Democrats for letting them.
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The Long-Term Unemployment Benefits Vote: Use the “F” Word
Succeed or not, Republicans are trying to filibuster the effort to extend unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed.