Aug 17 We're Looking for Stories of Worker Burnout Paul Solman: We’re doing a story on worker burnout and are having trouble finding case studies. Can you or someone you know, or even know of, direct us to a worker or several who are suffering from being worked too… Continue reading
Aug 16 Why Can't the Fed Refuse to Loan Money to Banks That Pay Lavish Salaries? Question: Why can’t the Federal Reserve refuse to loan money — at practically no interest — to banks that give their executives lavish salaries and bonuses? Paul Solman: You tell me. I think they’d say it wasn’t allowed. But as… Continue reading
Aug 16 New Political Groups Face Few Spending and Donation Limits In the wake of the landmark Citizens United v. FEC campaign finance ruling, unions and corporations are now allowed to spend unlimited amounts of their own money to support candidates via advertising. But those are not the only changes… Continue reading
Aug 16 Monday: Karzai Sets Exit Deadline for Contractors; Gulf Shrimp Season Opens Afghan President Hamid Karzai is setting a four-month deadline for private security companies to cease operations in the country, a government spokesman said Monday. The Associated Press reports that the Interior Ministry has 52 security firms licensed, but some… Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch Gulf Fishermen Debate Whether to Risk Selling Seafood Again No oil has leaked from the broken Gulf well since July, and the federal government is reopening some waters for fishing. But some fishermen are split over whether to start trawling the waters again when there may be a risk… Continue watching
Aug 13 More from 99ers: An Update on Gregg Rosen, and Why Some Companies Say They Still Can't Find Employees Paul Solman: The last few days, we’ve been running outtakes from last Friday’s long-term unemployment story, including two featuring pony-tailed 40-year-old former marketing manager and cell phone store owner Gregg Rosen. Today, a response from Mr. Rosen,… Continue reading
Aug 13 Allen: Well Not Yet Killed, BP Will Move Forward With Relief Well Updated 3:34 p.m. National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen said Friday that the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is not yet dead, and that BP will proceed with a relief well to permanently kill it. Continue reading
Aug 13 Debate Over Reopening Gulf Fishing Grounds Falls Along Surprising Lines By Tom Bearden The state of Louisiana is about to reopen several state-controlled fishing grounds that were closed because of the Macondo oil well disaster. You'd think that fishermen would be thrilled with that idea. You'd be wrong. A couple of dozen… Continue reading
Aug 12 More from 99ers: Unemployment Leads to Foreclosure Paul Solman: Given today’s news that foreclosures jumped 9 percent in July, we’ve posted the last of our 99er interview outtakes, in which Faith Phillips tells a striking story: She’ll be paying off condo fees on her foreclosed house… Continue reading
Aug 12 More from 99ers: Unemployment Leads to Foreclosure By Paul Solman Updated 4:19 p.m. Given today's news that foreclosures jumped 9 percent in July, we've posted the last of our 99er interview outtakes, in which Faith Phillips tells a striking story: She'll be paying off condo fees on her foreclosed… Continue reading