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Does December jobs report mean recovery?

January 13, 2014 By John Case

Here the big question on the minds of most working people I talk to: is the talk of economic recovery from the 2008 depression BS? or for real?

City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle

January 13, 2014 By Michelle Kern

After hearing two days of arguments, Judge Karnow noted that the "consequences would be catastrophic" if the ACCJC were allowed to finish the disaccreditation process.

“The Great Dictator” of New Jersey crosses a bridge too far

January 13, 2014 By Norman Markowitz

No one who is knowledgeable about Jersey politics knows of a more reactionary, anti-labor, and personally abusive governor in the state's recent history.

Amidst 40th anniversary, attacks on Endangered Species Act persist

January 10, 2014 By Blake Skylar

The Act has encountered obstacles and outright attacks, in an atmosphere where climate change and environmental havoc are growing problems.

Jobless rate drops because 525,000 stop searching

January 10, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

The unemployment rate ended up at 6.7 percent in December, down from 7.9 percent at the end of 2012 and 0.3 percent but only because more than half a million people stopped looking for work altogether,...