Sep 20 Recession Was Longest in Modern Record, Report Reveals With an unemployment rate stuck well above 9 percent, it may not feel like an accurate diagnosis to many Americans, but economists say the longest recession since World War II finally ended in June 2009. At least that's the judgment… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch Shields and Brooks on Role of Values Voters, New Watchdog Agency Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the week's top news including what role "values voters" are playing in this year's midterm elections and what effect Elizabeth Warren's new consumer protection agency will have on… Continue watching
Sep 17 Sizing Up Wall Street Critic Elizabeth Warren as Your Consumer Advocate By Paul Solman Today, Elizabeth Warren was put into de facto control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau she helped conceive. Opposition from America's banks was the widely reported reason she wasn't formally nominated to run it. One might wonder that the U.S. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Record Poverty Level: 'Long Slog Ahead' for Poor Americans? The Census Bureau released a report showing that one in seven Americans lived in poverty last year, and more than 50 million are not insured. Ray Suarez discusses the record poverty numbers and the recession's effects on the poor with… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch Arianna Huffington Zeroes in on Declining Middle Class in New Book Gwen Ifill speaks with liberal commentator, online media magnate and author Arianna Huffington about her new book, which concentrates on the declining U.S. middle class. Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch Fidel Castro Reveals Doubts in Cuba's Troubled Economic System A healthier Fidel Casto recently granted an audience with an American journalist and Latin America scholar, revealing his concerns with Cuba's economic system. Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch News Wrap: Pope Begins U.K. Visit Amid Uproar Over Abuse Scandal In other news Thursday, the Pope began a visit to Britain with his strongest admission about how the Catholic Church failed to deal decisively with sexual abuse by priests. Continue watching
Sep 16 1 in 7 Americans Lived in Poverty in 2009, New Census Data Show Updated 3:48 p.m. ET Driven by the recession, the percentage of Americans who live in poverty and the percentage of those who live without health insurance both rose in 2009, according to data released Thursday by the Census… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch In Cuba, Hints of Dramatic Change Emerge from Fidel Castro Margaret Warner speaks with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic magazine and Latin America analyst Julia Sweig, who met with Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro in Havana and discussed the shortcomings of the island nation's economic system. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Baja's Tourism Suffers Amid Mexico Drug War A drop in tourism and manufacturing has left the Mexican state Baja, California, with a struggling economy. Jose Luis Sierra of New America Media reports on how the drug war and recession have played a role. Continue watching