by Dave Johnson | Apr 11, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Thursday's unemployment applications number hit a 7-year low of (seasonally adjusted) 300,000, a drop of 32,000. We have restored the number of jobs lost in the Great Recession. This is indeed good news. But even so, things are not rosy in the unemployment numbers –...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 10, 2014 | Blog, Education
It's testing season in America, and regardless of how the students do, it's clear who is already flunking the exams. Last week in New York, new standardized tests began rolling out across the state, and tens of thousands of families said "no dice." According to local...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 10, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
You might have been hearing about "wage theft." The wage theft problem is about people showing up for work but not getting paid for the time they put in. It's a common problem and it is one of the ways people are being ripped off by a rigged system. How common is this...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 10, 2014 | Better Off Budget, Blog, Jobs and Growth
As expected, the Congressional Progressive Caucus' "Better Off Budget" was defeated on the House floor Wednesday, picking up only 89 Democratic votes and none from Republicans. But that vote does not end the fight for the priorities and values that budget document...
by Bill Scher | Apr 9, 2014 | Blog
On Monday, one Speaker John Boehner's allies Rep. Tom Cole told Politico, "I don’t think there is a great sense of pressure on our members" to pass the Senate's extended unemployment insurance bill, because "it’s time for this program to come to an end." Yet 24 hours...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 9, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security
The unseen hand of antigovernment ideology can be found everywhere nowadays – even in your mailbox. The proof is in what you won’t find there, like your annual statement of earned Social Security benefits. The government stopped mailing those out in 2011. It’s also...
