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Angela Glover Blackwell. Photo by Dale Robbins
February 8, 2013 | Group Think
Angela Glover Blackwell wants to hear these six words in the President’s State of the Union address.
Photo Credit: Dale Robbins
February 8, 2013 | Group Think
The author of Winner-Take-All Politics admits the road back from the crisis that Wall Street helped create is a long one, but we must speed up our pace.
Democratic candidate for North Dakota's U.S. Senate seat Heidi Heitkamp speaks to supporters early Wednesday morning Nov. 7, 2012, in Bismarck, N.D.. As votes continue to be counted, Heitkamp has a slim lead over Republican challenger Rick Berg. Berg has not conceded. (AP Photo/Will Kincaid)
January 18, 2013 | What Matters Today

Discover and share “what we’re reading” today. Continue reading

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January 10, 2013

In a preview of this weekend’s Moyers & Company, The New York Times columnist discusses President Obama’s Treasury pick, and why he’s okay with not being chosen. Continue reading

January 9, 2013 | Book Club
Read the first chapter of Krugman's new book, End This Depression Now!.
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December 14, 2012

Bruce Bartlett and Yves Smith join Bill in a discussion about why Washington insiders are talking about the deficit crisis instead of the jobs crisis. Continue reading

Army Sgt.1st Class Lonell Zimmerman, of Vineland, N.J., looks over some papers as he attends a job fair aimed at helping military and former military members transition to civilian jobs, in Cherry Hill, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
July 26, 2012 | Smart Charts
Although the unemployment numbers for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are still worse than the national average, the past three months have seen a sharp decline.
A Labor Ready outlet in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. oddsandwich/Flickr
July 19, 2012

A reporter’s personal account shows how blue collar temp agencies are taking advantage of both the market and their own workers. Continue reading

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July 18, 2012 | Smart Charts
Voters aren’t just passively watching the Obama campaign’s ads attacking Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital.
GE & Periscopic chart of percentage of American workers in different job sectors in 2011.
June 18, 2012 | Smart Charts
In 1960, the largest number of jobs in the U.S. were manufacturing jobs. Today the sector ranks sixth. Find out what else has changed.