by Roger Hickey | Feb 7, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Today's unemployment report from the Labor Department is disappointing to millions of Americans who are looking for jobs. It shows that the U.S. economy created only 113,000 jobs – well below most economists' expectations. Many experts had hoped that this report for...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 7, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Today's unemployment report from the Labor Department is another in a string of disappointments for the unemployed. It shows that the U.S. economy created only 113,000 jobs – well below most economists' expectations – with the unemployment rate at 6.6 percent. It...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 31, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
It has now been 34 days since the first wave of long-term unemployed Americans saw their weekly jobless benefits cut off. And it will be at least another three days of waiting before Congress makes the first step toward ending this travesty. News reports from the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 8, 2013 | Jobs and Growth
The buzz today over a surprisingly positive jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics should not obscure the big picture. Job-seekers are still suffering because of the reckless spending cuts and legislative obstruction forced onto the country by intransigent...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 6, 2013 | Jobs and Growth
USA Today on Thursday published a new installment in what is an old, familiar story: Fortune 500 companies raking in billions in profits while paying next to nothing in taxes. This comes as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is proclaiming that House Republicans would...
by Emily Foster | Oct 25, 2013 | Jobs and Growth
With the recent government shutdown giving Congress its lowest approval rating in 25 years, this week it appeared many members of the House were scrambling show that when they try, Republicans and Democrats have the ability to work together to pass productive...
