unemployment
Sidewalk “chalk” protest for unemployment benefits becomes a crime
December 13, 2011When Occupy Springfield protesters chalked slogans on the sidewalk in front of GOP Congressman Aaron Schock's district office, it suddenly became a crime.
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Jobless rate drops to 8.6% because 315,000 drop out altogether
December 2, 2011This morning's government report was full of unsettling statistics.
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Jobless enter Capitol, demand benefits extension
December 1, 2011Two hundred unemployed workers marched into the halls of Congress yesterday and served their lawmakers with 75,000 signatures on petitions demanding extension of unemployment benefits for the six million Americans about to lose them.
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Congress super committee yields no deal
November 21, 2011Republicans on the committee favor closing the deficits entirely by cutting spending, including Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
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What do trade deals have to do with the Occupy movement?
October 31, 2011What do these two seemingly different events - the recent China trade deal and the Occupy movement - have in common?
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