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A/V Booth: Boehner: Time to Stop Playing ‘Political Games’ With the Tax Cut Bill

Ear to the Ground: Congress Might Actually Make a Payroll Tax Deal Soon

Reports: The Uninspired GOP Electorate

Ear to the Ground: Employment Numbers Get an Unexpected Bump in January

Ear to the Ground: Damage Control, Romney Style

Ear to the Ground: Where the Jobs (Still) Aren’t

Cartoons: Job Restriction

Reports: Truthdiggers of the Week: Indiana University Poverty Researchers

Ear to the Ground: Zuccotti Park Reoccupied

Ear to the Ground: Germany’s Jobless Rate Drops to 20-Year Low

Reports: Obama Benefits From Republican Civil War

A/V Booth: Obama Gives Boehner, Reid an Earful on Deadlock

Ear to the Ground: Israeli Segregation à la Rosa Parks

Ear to the Ground: Don’t Laud the Jobless Drop

A/V Booth: ‘Left, Right & Center’: Occupy This and That

Reports: Celebrating the End of Kids’ Wall Street Dreams

Ear to the Ground: America Is Special, Vote for Me

Arts and Culture: Marketing Masculinity in an Age of Male Anxiety

Ear to the Ground: Fed Changes Growth, Employment Forecast for the Worse

Reports: No Hope for the Jobless if a Republican Wins

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Income Levels Plunged as Recession Lifted

Ear to the Ground: Herman Cain to Protesters: ‘Blame Yourself!’

Cartoons: The Passing of Steve Jobs

Cartoons: Retire

Cartoons: Wall Street Pizzeria

Ear to the Ground: Robert Reich Points a Way Out of the ‘Jobs Depression’

Cartoons: Occupy Wall Street

Cartoons: Wall Street Protests

Ear to the Ground: The Push to Preserve the Postal Service

Ear to the Ground: Unemployment Runs Deep in Politically Key States

Ear to the Ground: 16 Killed in Latest Mass Protest in Yemen

Ear to the Ground: World’s Biggest Employer: U.S. Department of Defense

Ear to the Ground: Churches Closing Shop

Cartoons: Obama’s Job Creation Package

Reports: What the Country Needs Is a New New Deal

Ear to the Ground: Nurses vs. Wall Street

Ear to the Ground: The 10 Worst U.S. State Economies

Cartoons: Jobs

Cartoons: Labor Day

Ear to the Ground: Unemployment on Labor Day: By the Numbers

Ear to the Ground: Amazon Dangles Jobs for a Tax-Free Ride

Ear to the Ground: The World’s Most Powerful Gay Man

Ear to the Ground: U.K. Rioters: Young, Poor, Male and Unemployed

Ear to the Ground: Washington Is Getting It All Wrong

Ear to the Ground: Drop in Jobless Rate Is Nothing to Cheer

A/V Booth: Alan Grayson Tells It Like It Is

Truthdig Podcast: Alan Grayson Tells It Like It Is

Reports: ‘Entitlement’ Is a Republican Word

Cartoons: Spending Cuts Hurt

A/V Booth: ‘Left, Right & Center’: Jobs, Budget, Murdoch, Space

Ear to the Ground: Job Market in a June Swoon

A/V Booth: The Power Behind a Clean Energy Future

Truthdig Podcast: The Power Behind a Clean Energy Future

Cartoons: New Cigarette Warning

Reports: The Economy Is Bad Enough

Reports: Commencement Day for a Lost Generation

Ear to the Ground: Joblessness Hangs at 45% in Blockaded Gaza

A/V Booth: Romney Ad Strikes at Obama’s Sore Spot

Ear to the Ground: A New (Old) Labor Dilemma

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Job Seekers In for a Long, Frustrating Hunt

Ear to the Ground: The U.S. Economy’s Stagnation Problem

Ear to the Ground: Pennsylvania House Takes Aim at Unemployment Payouts

Cartoons: Class of 2012

Cartoons: The Real Monster

Ear to the Ground: Ranks of the Jobless Still Rising

Ear to the Ground: GDP Growth Falls to 1.8% in First Months of 2011

Reports: Out of Touch, Again

Reports: America, by Way of the Antelope Valley

Ear to the Ground: World Bank President Sounds a Warning

Reports: The False Debate on the Debt

Cartoons: No Taxes

Ear to the Ground: 216,000 Jobs Added in March

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Unemployment Slips Below 9%

Ear to the Ground: Down With Democracy, Let’s Have a King

Ear to the Ground: Rising Food Prices Spark Protests in India

Ear to the Ground: Bad News Bernanke Strikes Again

Ear to the Ground: The Job Market Takes a Snow Day

Ear to the Ground: Thousands Take to Streets in Jordan

Reports: Obfuscating Unemployment

Ear to the Ground: Tunisian Protests Turn Deadly

Ear to the Ground: Riots Rock Algeria Over Prices, Jobs

Ear to the Ground: Jobless Rate Drops as People Give Up Looking

Cartoons: Welcome Home

Reports: Why the ‘Lazy Jobless’ Myth Persists

Ear to the Ground: Obama Makes Nice with Business Bigwigs

Arts and Culture: Three ‘Company Men’ and a Pink Slip

Reports: One-Man Fire Brigade

Ear to the Ground: Obama’s Tax Cave Is Worse Than Expected

A/V Booth: ‘Left, Right & Center’: What a Wiki-Week It Was

Ear to the Ground: Joblessness Ticks Higher in November

Ear to the Ground: Ailing Spanish Economy Seeks a Cure

Reports: The Grinch Who Stole Washington

Ear to the Ground: Unemployment Benefits Run Out

Cartoons: Rudolph the Unemployed Reindeer

Ear to the Ground: Wee Bit of Good News on the Job Front

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Economy Quickens Its Pace

A/V Booth: Down and Out in Silicon Valley

Reports: Will Black Voters Respond to Obama’s Needs?

Ear to the Ground: Nobel Prize in Economics Plays on Timely Theme

Ear to the Ground: California’s Top Court Rules in Favor of Furloughs

Ear to the Ground: Unemployment: It Ain’t Over Till It’s ... 2015

Reports: Look Who’s Killing Jobs Now

Reports: Cuba by the Numbers

Ear to the Ground: The Longest Recession Since WWII

Ear to the Ground: Fears of Double-Dip Recession in California

Ear to the Ground: One of Seven Americans Lives in Poverty

Reports: A Myth About Job Creation

Ear to the Ground: Cuba to Fire 500,000 Workers

Ear to the Ground: The Lowdown on Trickle-Down

Reports: The Neoliberal Bait and Switch

Ear to the Ground: Builder Barack Wants a Mini Stimulus (Update)

Reports: Missing ‘Big Labor’

A/V Booth: ‘Left, Right & Center’: Looming Doom for the Dems?

Reports: Waking Up in the 1930s

Reports: Shed This Word, Now

Ear to the Ground: The Cost of Not Drilling

Ear to the Ground: The Job Market Continues to Struggle

Reports: Shorting Economists: The ‘Experts’ Keep Getting it Wrong

Ear to the Ground: Suicide Bombing Kills at Least 59 at Baghdad Army Center

Reports: Is Congress Subsidizing Slackers?

Ear to the Ground: For Job Hunters, a Cold July

Ear to the Ground: Romer Rumored to Be Resigning

Ear to the Ground: Bernanke Bears Bad News for the Jobless

Reports: The Grinches Who Stole Summer

Ear to the Ground: Senate Clears the Way for Unemployment Extension

A/V Booth: More Tough Talk From Obama on America’s Unemployment Crisis

Ear to the Ground: Finally, a Little Hope for the Unemployed?

Reports: There’s Just No Pleasing Some Robber Barons

Ear to the Ground: Oh, How the Wages Have Fallen

Ear to the Ground: Obama Brings Magical Economic Thinking to Nation’s Heartland

A/V Booth: ‘Colbert Report’: Krugman on the Benefits of Unemployment Benefits

Reports: Fiddling While the Economy Burns

Ear to the Ground: June Gloom in the Job Picture

Ear to the Ground: House Shoots Down Unemployment Bill

Ear to the Ground: Snag in Jobs Bill Could Hit Struggling States

Ear to the Ground: Bernanke: Unemployment to Be ‘High for a While’

Ear to the Ground: GOP Jumps on Dismal Jobs Report

Ear to the Ground: Census Hiring Boosts Jobs in May

Reports: Blame Clinton, Not Paul

Reports: Where’s the Recovery?

Reports: Happy Days Aren’t Here Again

Ear to the Ground: Spain’s ‘Desempleo’ Rate at 20%

Ear to the Ground: Stock Market at 19-Month High

Ear to the Ground: Senate Standoff on Unemployment Inches Toward Resolution

A/V Booth: ‘Fault Lines’: Unemployment in the U.S.

Ear to the Ground: Turning the Corner

Ear to the Ground: Senate Passes Jobs Bill

Reports: The Americans Who Can’t Wait for a Better Bill

Cartoons: Good News!

Reports: Surviving Without a Safety Net

Ear to the Ground: Krugman: ‘Bipartisanship Is Now a Foolish Dream’

Ear to the Ground: Unemployment Hovers at 9.7%

Arts and Culture: Spider-Man Loses His Job

A/V Booth: ‘Daily Show’: Jim Bunning Feels Jim Bunning’s Pain

Cartoons: Leftover

Ear to the Ground: Sen. Bunning Stalls Jobless Benefits Bill

Ear to the Ground: White House Cranks Up the Job Talk

Ear to the Ground: First-Time Jobless Claims Jump Again

Ear to the Ground: Senate Dems Go for Job-Creation Angle

Ear to the Ground: Ohio’s Unemployed Getting Smashed

Ear to the Ground: White House Pushes for Bernanke

Ear to the Ground: Half of States Have Run Out of Unemployment Funds

Ear to the Ground: Reich Urges Obama to ‘Take On Wall Street’

Ear to the Ground: Unemployment Woes Persist

Ear to the Ground: Your Bailout Bill: $10,000 (and Counting)

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Jobless Claims Drop

Ear to the Ground: Crime, Murder Rate Drop

Ear to the Ground: November Surprise: Job Loss Eases

A/V Booth: Obama: ‘I’m Open to Every Demonstrably Good Idea’ About Job Market

Cartoons: Black Friday 2009

Ear to the Ground: The Real Unemployment Number: 17.5%

A/V Booth: ‘Left, Right & Center’: GOP Scores; Unemployment Up; Fort Hood Fallout

Ear to the Ground: Another Deadly Shooting: Orlando Gunman Opens Fire in Former Office

Ear to the Ground: Unemployment Breaks the 10% Barrier

Ear to the Ground: Dow Hits 10K, You Can Go Back to Work Now

Reports: Why Obama Must Spend More

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Unemployment Edges Toward Double Digits

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Poverty Level Leaps to 11-Year High

Reports: Grateful to Have a Job, and Bone-Tired

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Economy Showing Signs of Life

Cartoons: United

A/V Booth: ‘Left, Right & Center’: Jobless Labor Day, Afghan Plans, Obamacare

Ear to the Ground: Unemployment Hits a 26-Year High

Ear to the Ground: California Jobless Rate Tickles 12%

Ear to the Ground: In the Jobless Numbers, a Glimmer

Ear to the Ground: Police Share in Government’s Largesse

Reports: A Rebound Without Recovery

Ear to the Ground: That Good Ol’ Tennessee Socialism

Cartoons: Change Machine

Ear to the Ground: California Unemployment on the Rise

Ear to the Ground: Obama Wants to Send Unemployed Back to School

Reports: The Unemployed Will Roar

Ear to the Ground: Wall Street Pay Fattens as Rest of U.S. Suffers

Ear to the Ground: Number of Welfare Recipients Rises Sharply

A/V Booth: Welcome to an Unemployed World

Ear to the Ground: Economic Optimism

Ear to the Ground: Europe on the Downslide

Reports: Obama Has Missed His Moment

Ear to the Ground: National Unemployment Hits 8.5%

Arts and Culture: Jonathan Shapiro on ‘The Tyranny of Dead Ideas’

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