Sep 15 Speaker Boehner to Present GOP's Economic Fixes By David Chalian House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is set to present the House GOP's "Plan for America's Job Creators." File photo By Bill Clark/Roll Call. One week after President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio,… Continue reading
Sep 15 Sarkozy, Cameron Visit Libya; UBS Trader Responsible for $2 Billion Loss By News Desk French president Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron visited Tripoli on Thursday to meet with leaders of the National Transitional Council. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the group's senior leader, praised their "brave positions" in the early days of… Continue reading
Sep 14 Is There Anything Funny About America's Jobs Problem? Political cartoon of "Job Creators" by Bob Englehart. Reproduced with permission from Daryl Cagle's PoliticalCartoons.com. Editor's Note: Definitely not. We've been reporting on jobs (and the lack of them) quite a bit lately -- why technology hasn't… Continue reading
Sep 14 Is There Anything Funny About America's Jobs Problem? Political cartoon of "Job Creators" by Bob Englehart. Reproduced with permission from Daryl Cagle's PoliticalCartoons.com. Editor's Note: Definitely not. We've been reporting on jobs (and the lack of them) quite a bit lately -- why technology hasn't… Continue reading
Sep 14 Is There Anything Funny About America's Jobs Problem? By Elizabeth Shell Today we thought we would give you a lighter take on the U.S. unemployment situation. We've rounded up some of our favorite recent political cartoons, which we hope will make you laugh about a subject that these days has made… Continue reading
Sep 14 Woodruff: With Poverty on the Rise, Are Reporters Getting the Whole Story? Updated Sept. 15, 11:45 a.m. ET Arriving for a short visit on the iconic campus of Ole Miss -- the University of Mississippi in Oxford -- I'm struck by how quiet things are, how un-frenzied life seems on the surface. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch Why Are 46 Million Americans Living in Poverty? The latest Census measurement of U.S. poverty out Tuesday found that 46 million Americans live in poverty. Ray Suarez examines what's behind the highest level of poverty in America since 1993 with Douglas Besharov of the University of Maryland and… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch How Do Tax Cuts, Hikes Fit Into Obama's American Jobs Act? President Obama continued to make a case for his American Jobs Act on Tuesday, but GOP leaders remain skeptical. Judy Woodruff discusses the tax aspect of the president's plan to spur job creation with two former top economic advisers, Austan… Continue watching
Sep 13 Economic Check-Up Dismal for Many U.S. Families Chelsea Ricardo prepares to go to school. Her family was living at the Community Partnership for the Homeless assistance center in Miami. 2008 photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. American families continued to take an economic pounding in 2010, with… Continue reading
Sep 13 Effects of Obama, Romney Job Plans Look Very Different Across U.S. President Obama's nearly $450 billion jobs package is just beginning a long and potentially difficult journey through Congress, but examining the outlines of what he proposed and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's vision, it appears they are counting on… Continue reading