Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 8, 2013
The 179,000 jobs created in May and boasted about by the Obama administration are no more than "the usual lowly paid non-exportable domestic service jobs -- the jobs of a third world country," former Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts writes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 4, 2013
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists ask, in the context of the new jobs report, whether the U.S. has two economies. Also, Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio wants immigration reform and President Obama does also, so what will it take to get it passed? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 3, 2013
The U.S. economy appears to have added just enough jobs in April to keep pace with population growth, and the new positions are low wage and mostly nonunion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Robert Reich / TruthdigApr 7, 2013
Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of all this is that we’re in the fifth year of a supposed economic recovery from the second-worst economic downturn of the past century, and we’re still not nearly back on track. Instead, we’ve had the most anemic recovery in history. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 6, 2013
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the depressing jobs report, unrestricted birth control, California Attorney General Kamala Harris' looks and Social Security. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 9, 2013
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists ask whether the new jobs being added match the ones that are lost. Should we mourn a permanent decline in the middle class? Accept it and train for it? Should we cheer the recent economic growth, or fear another crash? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigFeb 2, 2013
We are in the most anemic recovery in modern history, yet our political leaders in Washington aren’t doing squat about it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigDec 9, 2012
Friday’s jobs report demonstrates an economy that’s still moving in the right direction but way too slowly, which is why Washington’s continuing obsession with the federal budget deficit is insane. Jobs and growth must come first. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigNov 2, 2012
The two most important trends, confirmed in Friday’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are that (1) jobs slowly continue to return, and (2) those jobs are paying less and less.The two most important trends confirmed in Friday’s jobs report: (1) jobs slowly continue to return, and (2) those jobs are paying less and less. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigNov 2, 2012
The nation's jobless rate ticked up in October, even as employers added 171,000 workers to their payrolls, according to the latest jobs report -- the last one before Election Day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigNov 2, 2012
In truth, no one should vote based on this batch of jobs numbers because a single month’s report isn’t a reliable gauge of which way the economy is heading. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigOct 30, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including how Hurricane Sandy could impact the presidential election and an endorsement from the creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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