Sep 08 Watch Laura Beal: Obama Needs to Step It Up Laura Beal talks about education. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Julian Blumenthal: Bring Manufacturing Back Julian Blumenthal talks about bringing manufacturing back to this country. Continue watching
Sep 08 Cantor Tries Softer Tone Ahead of Obama Speech House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., is trying on a new set of rhetorical tools now that Congress is back from its August recess -- a recess that started just as Americans voiced their displeasure in how the entire debt… Continue reading
Sep 08 Foreclosure Sales Figures Show a Ray of Light in a Dismal Housing Market Foreclosed home for sale in Haymarket, Va.; Flickr Creative Commons/taberandrew President Obama will head to Congress Thursday night to talk about jobs and the economy -- the issues dominating the minds of American voters. But before the economy actually… Continue reading
Sep 08 More and More Job Openings Going Unfilled A number of viewers were struck by our story last Friday on the question over current U.S. unemployment: is it more nearly structural or cyclical in nature? That is, are we simply in a down cycle, a recession… Continue reading
Sep 08 More and More Job Openings Going Unfilled A number of viewers were struck by our story last Friday on the question over current U.S. unemployment: is it more nearly structural or cyclical in nature? That is, are we simply in a down cycle,… Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch Obama's Jobs Plan Expected to Carry $300 Billion Price Tag President Obama and his advisers put the final touches on his jobs plan Wednesday as details began to trickle out about what he's expected to announce Thursday evening in a prime-time address to Congress. Kwame Holman reports on the plan,… Continue watching
Sep 07 Why Alan Krueger Is An Interesting Fit for White House Photo of Alan Krueger by Ralph Alswang via flickr user Center for American Progress on April 30, 2010. Alan Krueger of Princeton is President Obama's choice for head of the Council of Economic Advisors. That doesn't mean he… Continue reading
Sep 07 Making Sense: Why Alan Krueger Is An Interesting Fit for the White House Photo of Alan Krueger by Ralph Alswang via flickr user Center for American Progress on April 30, 2010. Alan Krueger of Princeton is President Obama's choice for head of the Council of Economic Advisors. That doesn't mean he… Continue reading
Sep 07 Political Checklist: What Can Obama Accomplish in His Jobs Speech? EmbedVideo(1416, 482, 304); David Chalian and Gwen Ifill preview a big week in American politics: Wednesday night the Republican presidential candidates face off in another debate, which will be frontrunner Rick Perry's first. As Wednesday's Morning Line… Continue reading