On AlterNet: unemployment
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "unemployment"
Nick Turse, AlterNet. November 20, 2009.
Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 17, 2009.
Wall Street's raking in massive profits and paying its execs and traders record bonuses, thanks in part to government cash. What about ordinary Americans?
Lizzy Ratner, The Nation. November 10, 2009.
Young people have lost 2.5 million jobs to the crisis, making them the hardest-hit age group.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Politics. November 6, 2009.
This is how things work in DC these days.
Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. November 6, 2009.
A run-down of the employment picture.
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. November 5, 2009.
Has Obama spent too much political capital on health-care reform, and not enough on keeping families afloat in a flailing economy?
Dean Baker, AlterNet. November 2, 2009.
All the projections show that the unemployment rate is likely to continue to rising for the immediate future and remain high for years to come.
Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. November 2, 2009.
Until we realize that our system itself is untenable, we'll be doomed to economic meltdowns.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Politics. October 29, 2009.
I guess Kyl thinks these lazy bastards should just tap into their trust funds. Isn't that what everyone does?
BarbinMD, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. October 21, 2009.
For the second time in a month, the Party of No is screwing over those who need help the most.
Jim Hightower, AlterNet. October 15, 2009.
FDR, when he faced deep and spreading national insecurity, made jobs first -- not last. And so should Obama.
Marianne Hill, Dollars and Sense. October 15, 2009.
Think you can count on unemployment insurance if you lose your job? Think again.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. October 5, 2009.
Bad, really bad.
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. October 5, 2009.
The federal government should be spending even more than it already is. This is the only way to put Americans back to work. We did it during the Depression. It was called the WPA.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. October 2, 2009.
Amazing ...
Arun Gupta, AlterNet. September 12, 2009.
You can always learn to say "Would you like fries with that?" But who wants to eat made-in-a-factory E. coli burgers, much less sling them?
Art Levine, AlterNet. September 3, 2009.
So much for the economic independence that's supposed to come with young adulthood.
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. August 27, 2009.
Exaggerating the role that water plays in unemployment will do little to improve farm jobs and much to hurt rational water policy in the region.
Mark Ristaino, AlterNet AlterNet: World. August 10, 2009.
Greg Brosnan and Jennifer Szymaszek examine the lasting effects an immigration raid in Postville, Iowa, had on two small villages in Guatemala.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. July 31, 2009.
Staples is selling school supplies for a quarter. That doesn't seem like a good sign.
Mark Felsenthal and Alister Bull, Reuters July 21, 2009.
Bernanke said supportive policies would be needed for some time to prevent rising unemployment from undercutting recovery.
Staff, The Nation AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. July 17, 2009.
John Nichols weighs in.
Dean Baker, The Guardian. July 16, 2009.
Politicians and pundits in Washington are either too ignorant, dishonest, or scared to talk about the expenditures that this economy needs.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. July 10, 2009.
Workers laid off early in the downturn are soon to be left without the basic sustenance of an unemployment check.
Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. July 7, 2009.
Several events of the past week should be a wake-up call to the Obama administration. Bottom line: the medicine isn't working.
