Aug 05 With 117,00 New Jobs in July, a Slight Improvement in the Solman Unemployment Scale By Paul Solman "Employment Report Damned with Faint Praise: It Could Have Been Worse." Thus does Nigel Gault, Chief U.S. Economist of IHS Global Insight, sum up the consensus view of Friday's unemployment numbers. Jobs added in July; upward revision for June. Even… Continue reading
Aug 04 Obama Turns 50: What Were Other Presidents Doing at That Age? By Larisa Epatko President Obama celebrates his 50th birthday Thursday with the passage of the debt ceiling compromise earlier in the week likely not far from his mind. Continue reading
Aug 02 White House Releases an Inside View of the Debt Negotiations By Travis Daub The White House released 20 photos Tuesday of the closed-door negotiations with Congressional leaders over the debt deal. President Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 on Aug. 2. Continue reading
Jul 12 Smacking Into the Debt Ceiling: the Day-by-Day Consequences By Paul Solman Daily U.S. Government Income and Expenditures: Use the slide bar to see how Treasury's cash deficit is projected to grow if the debt ceiling is reached, starting with Aug. 3. Mouse over the red points to see the running deficit… Continue reading
Jul 08 Jobs: the Dreary Data, a Desperate Viewer, a Pessimistic Professor By Paul Solman Goodness! U-7, our own measure of under-and unemployment, shot up to 18.6 percent this morning, a rise that gets us back near the number when we first inaugurated the Solman Scale last December. This morning's job numbers: only… Continue reading
Jul 06 Malawi’s Muslim Communities Embrace Family Planning By Talea Miller Muslim leaders and U.S. health workers in Malawi are partnering to shift attitudes towards family planning. Continue reading
Jun 29 Health Reform Law’s Supporters Encouraged by Appeals Court Ruling By Maureen Hoch In the legal saga playing out over the health reform law, the Obama administration picked up a victory Wednesday: For the first time, a federal appeals court ruled on the case and voted 2-1 that the measure is constitutional. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch Vietnam’s ‘Haunting’ of Post-War Presidents Explored in New Book 'Haunting Legacy' Details Vietnam War's Hold on Politics… Continue watching
Jun 27 Blagojevich Found Guilty on Corruption Charges By Beat Beat Jurors found former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich guilty on nearly all counts he faced in a retrial, including charges that he tried to sell President Obama's open U.S. Senate seat. Blagojevich had denied any wrongdoing. Continue reading
Jun 17 The Morning Line: Days Later, Pawlenty Lands Clean Jab at Romney By Maureen Hoch It was Hillary Clinton, in the last presidential campaign, who said that there are no “do-overs.” Tim Pawlenty clearly begs to differ. Back in the safety and comfort of a Fox News studio Thursday with Sean Hannity, the former Minnesota… Continue reading