Sep 11 Upcoming Votes Test European Debt Crisis Response A worker in Utrecht, the Netherlands, hangs a poster of one of the parties taking part in Wednesday's Dutch parliamentary elections. Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images. Updated on Sept. 12: Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on Wednesday gave the green… Continue reading
Sep 11 What Does the Solman Scale Say about Unemployment? An applicant speaks with a prospective employer at a New York job fair. Photo by Getty Images/John Moore. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch Democracy Still Fragile in Iraq, Where Sectarian Tensions Reach Breaking Point Bridging Sectarian Divides Among Iraq's Majority Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Iraq's Sunni Vice President Says Death Sentence is Politically Motivated Iraq's Sunni vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi, was sentenced to death in absentia by an Iraqi court for overseeing death squads which killed government officials and opposition leaders from 2006 to 2011. From exile in Turkey, Hashemi reaffirmed his innocence and… Continue watching
Sep 07 Hurricane Winds Blast Solar Panels and Roof Tiles...On Purpose At Florida International University, 12 giant fans mimic the intensity of a Category 5 hurricane, pummeling rooftops, building materials and solar panels with winds reaching 157 miles per hour. A team of researchers led by civil engineer… Continue reading
Sep 07 Slide Show: The Final Night of the Democratic National Convention Streamers fell; politicians and GM workers took the podium; the nominations for the Democratic party were officially accepted. Relive the final night of the Democratic National Convention via our slide show of the night's best highlights. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch State Department Dubs Haqqani Network Terrorists, 'Sopranos of the Afghan War' U.S. State Department announced its decision to designate the Pakistan-based Haqqani network a terrorist group. As a terrorist organization, the State Department can use different tactics to undercut the group's power, especially going after individual members through Haqqani's extensive financial… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch Democrats Stress Importance of Detroit Bailout in Saving U.S. Jobs Democrats Stress Importance of Detroit Bailout in Saving U.S. Jobs… Continue watching
Sep 04 'Enormous Strength' in Isaac-Hit Areas, President Obama Says EmbedVideo(4331, 482, 304); On Monday, President Obama surveyed the damage after Hurricane Isaac swept through Louisiana and Mississippi. In a press conference in St. John the Baptist Parish just outside of New Orleans, Obama praised federal agencies for… Continue reading
Sep 03 Ask Larry: Can Social Security Disability Cover Care for Children with Down Syndrome? Retirement expert Laurence Kotlikoff advises readers on various Social Security subjects, including disability benefits for disabled children. Creative commons photo by Daniel Rivas Pacheco, via Wikimedia Commons. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security "secrets" and his answers to your questions… Continue reading