Mar 11 In News Conference, Obama Addresses Disaster in Japan, Oil Prices, Libya By News Desk In a news conference Friday afternoon, President Obama called the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan a "catastrophic disaster," adding that images of the aftermath have been "heartbreaking." The president said he spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan early… Continue reading
Mar 10 ProPublica's Mortgage Mod Squad: HAMP'S a Flop By Paul Solman As you've probably heard by now, either on our program or elsewhere, the administration's Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP for short) has been a disappointment -- to put it generously. The program, announced back in February 2009, was aimed… Continue reading
Mar 10 ProPublica's Mortgage Mod Squad: HAMP'S a Flop By Diane Lincoln Estes, Paul Solman As you've probably heard by now either on our program or elsewhere, the administration's Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP for short) has been a disappointment -- to put it generously. The program, announced back in February 2009, aimed to… Continue reading
Mar 09 The Public Worker Battle, Cartoonified By Paul Solman With all the strife over public-sector unions, including irate e-mails in response to our pension coverage on the program, we thought we'd lighten the mood by sharing some recent political cartoons. Continue reading
Mar 09 The Public Worker Battle, Cartoonified By Elizabeth Shell With all the strife over public sector unions, including irate e-mails in response to our pension coverage on the program, we thought we'd lighten the mood today by sharing some recent political cartoons. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch Banks, Retailers Clash Over Move to Cap Debit Card 'Swipe Fees' Banks, retailers and lawmakers are preparing for a showdown over hidden "swipe fees" banks charge retailers when consumers make debit card purchases. Judy Woodruff talks with the American Bankers Association's Nessa Feddis and the National Retail Federation's Mallory Duncan about… Continue watching
Mar 08 The Public Worker Battle, Cartoonified As debates rage in government halls across the U.S., political cartoonists have taken to skewering all sides -- and making points while they're at it. Here's a few of our favorites. Continue reading
Mar 08 Republican Leader Hints at More Short-Term Spending Bills Even as the Senate was preparing Tuesday to vote on two different proposals for funding the federal government until Sept. 30, the third-ranking Republican in the House said his party was prepared to pass another short-term spending measure in order… Continue reading
Mar 08 Conflict over Bangladeshi Micro-lender is 'Political', Some Say By Larisa Epatko A Bangladeshi court has upheld the removal of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as head of the micro-lending Grameen Bank he founded, in a move his supporters are calling politically motivated. Continue reading
Mar 08 Diabetes Data Reflect Health, Income and Socio-Economic Divides Living a healthy lifestyle is not easy in the U.S.; keeping fit can be tough in the land of supersizes and never-ending pasta bowls. But the health problems aren't the same everywhere, and in a paper released Tuesday, the Centers… Continue reading