Mar 03 Watch AFL-CIO's Trumka: No American Should Face Choice Between Rights, Job Judy Woodruff talks to Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, a voluntary federation of 57 U.S. and international labor unions. Many AFL-CIO members would be affected by pending state-level legislation that would cut collective-bargaining rights for public employees. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch News Wrap: First-Time Claims for Unemployment Benefits Hit 3-Year Low In other news Thursday, first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest number in three years. Hiring in the service sector grew at the fastest rate since 2006. Also, a retired FBI agent who disappeared in Iran while working… Continue watching
Mar 03 Making Sen$e: 'Feelin' Lousy' - Financially Groovy In Song By Paul Solman EDITOR'S NOTE: Last month, we featured a week-long series of songs by our country crooning friend Merle Hazard about the Euro-debt crisis: Spain, Ireland, Italy and Germany, and an encore of the infamous… Continue reading
Mar 03 Feelin' Lousy- Financially Groovy In Song By Elizabeth Shell EDITOR'S NOTE: Last month, we featured a week-long series of songs by our country crooning friend Merle Hazard about the Euro-debt crisis: Spain, Ireland, Italy and Germany, and an encore of the infamous Greek… Continue reading
Mar 02 Obama's Foreclosure Program Slammed Anew for Ineffectiveness Two years after it was launched with far more ambitious goals, the Obama administration's main program to prevent foreclosures came under fire in Congress Wednesday while the Treasury Department received a final barrage of criticism from the departing inspector… Continue reading
Mar 02 Pain at the Pump Across Patchwork Nation As protesters march throughout the Middle East, forcing regime changes, they have set the oil markets into a panic. On Feb. 1, crude oil futures were trading at just under $75 a barrel. By Feb. 28, they were trading… Continue reading
Mar 02 Senate Approves Two-Week Spending Measure On Wednesday the Senate passed a two-week, stopgap funding bill designed to avert a government shutdown by a 91-9 vote, one day after the House approved the measure 335-91 with support from most House Republicans and a majority… Continue reading
Mar 02 Making Sen$e: Earth to Paul- Wisconsin is Not Rhode Island! By Paul Solman EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul has spent the past few days responding to some of the many questions and comments we received regarding last week's broadcast story, "In Tiny Rhode Island, a Massive Public Pension Crisis Looms" and the Making Sen$e… Continue reading
Mar 02 Earth to Paul: Wisconsin is Not Rhode Island! By Elizabeth Shell EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul has spent the past few days responding to some of the many questions and comments we received regarding last week's broadcast story, "In Tiny Rhode Island, a Massive Public Pension Crisis Looms" and the Making Sen$e… Continue reading
Mar 01 House Approves Two-Week Spending Bill The House took a major step toward averting a federal government shutdown Tuesday by passing a bill that would extend government funding until March 18, giving Congress two weeks to hammer out a compromise on a longer-term funding solution. Continue reading