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... s the sad part. Not being able to help my husband pay the bills." With Congress at an impasse on extending assistance for the long-term unemployed, these federal benefits — a program that began under President George W. Bush in 2008 — ended on Dec. 28. In the weeks since, more ...
... job." And people in North Carolina apparently found jobs. JOHN CARLOS FREY: Others attribute the decline in unemployment there to unemployed workers giving up their search for work. And they note the drop in unemployment has been coupled with a big increase in the number of people there on food ...
... warnings and cold advisories from Southeast Texas and along the Gulf Coast and on up the Eastern Seaboard. GWEN IFILL: In Quebec today, police and search teams braved the biting cold to search for victims of a fire at a seniors residence; 32 people are feared dead from last Thursday ...
... needs to generate. And jobs were generated in every sector of the economy last month. Surprisingly, given all the positive indicators: the number of long-term unemployed didn't budge. As the Bureau of Labor Statistics news release put it: "the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 ...
In our news wrap Thursday, the White House lobbied to keep benefits going for the long-term unemployed, but Republicans have argued that extending their aid makes people less willing to search for work. Also, fast food workers around the nation walked off the job to protest low wages.
... we're not willing to take some basic actions." The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting propelled gun safety to the top of Obama's second-term legislative agenda, but Senate Republicans as well as some Democrats in April blocked a proposal to expand background checks. "You have a majority of ...
The Library of Congress reappointed U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to a second term on Monday. Trethewey, 47, is concurrently the Poet Laureate of Mississippi and the author of four collections of poetry, including 2006's "Native Guard," for which she won a Pulitzer Prize. She will begin her ...
For those 55 and older, it takes about a year on average to find work, longer than for any other age group. JOE CARBONE: They're carrying a double whammy, not just the long-term unemployment, but they're 50 and older. It makes things that are bad even worse ...
Is age discrimination a hushed secret or a blatant action by employers filling vacant jobs? Nick Corcodilos explains why the practice continues despite some companies' worries that they are losing out on the institutional knowledge and experience that older workers can bring to the table. Photo from Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the...
I am about to break a promise I made to you. I said this would be a safe space, one that would not turn itself over to rank speculation about the vice presidential sweepstakes. But the candidates for president have invested so much time and energy trying to change the subject from whatever they don't...
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