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Economy adds paltry 80,000 jobs, official jobless rate 9 percent

November 4, 2011 By John Wojcik

Just 80,000 jobs were added in the U.S. economy in October and the official unemployment rate was 9 percent, almost unchanged from September.

Border Occupy movement: deadlines, police violence, solidarity

November 4, 2011 By Owen Williamson

Police visited the site of the Occupation in the city's central San Jacinto Plaza and warned occupiers to vacate.

Construction workers more likely to die on the job

November 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Over their careers, construction workers have a one in 200 chance of dying on the job, five times what the government considers the "significant" risk.

Thousands join largely peaceful Occupy Oakland protest

November 3, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Nov. 2 in Oakland was packed with rallies, marches, gatherings of children and families, and a disability community action. Later a picket line of 5,000 shut down the Port of Oakland, the nation's fifth busiest port,...

Greece – and the world – at the crossroads

November 3, 2011 By John Case

Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou of Greece stunned the world with his announcement of a national referendum on new austerity measures.