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President Obama, Make Congress Stay In DC Until They Pass Jobs Legislation

By Dave Johnson
July 20, 2010

The Constitution of the United States, Article II, Section 3: "He may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them..." more »

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If You Feed Them They Breed -- And Other Dehumanizing Conservative Idiocy We Should Ignore

By Dave Johnson
July 6, 2010

The country is in an economic emergency. Unemployment -- especially long-term unemployment -- is at extremely high levels and the recovery is faltering. Conservatives are obstructing efforts to solve this because they believe it helps them in the November election. more »

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New Jobless Data: Without Census, it's 10 Percent Unemployment

By Eric Lotke
June 4, 2010

The new unemployment data are out and the headlines are all wrong. The headlines report unemployment of 9.7 percent in May, down a tick from 9.9 percent in April. It’s good news but it misses the point. more »

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Only 20,000 New Non-Census Jobs In May! Jobs Bills NEEDED!

By Dave Johnson
June 4, 2010

Even as Washington ignores jobs bills and slashes help for long-term unemployed workers the economy may be starting to fall back. more »

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Tomorrow's Jobs Report Will Look Great But Includes Census Hires

By Dave Johnson
June 3, 2010

Today ADP reported that private-sector jobs may have increased by 55,000 last month. more »

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High Unemployment Used To Be A National Emergency

By Dave Johnson
June 3, 2010

In Does Washington care about unemployment? economist Brad DeLong asks the question, more »

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Guillotines and Green / Tea Party Thinking

By Dave Johnson
May 28, 2010

Congress is a big FAIL on jobs and unemployment. The Senate is heading home instead of helping the unemployed, the House is FAILing on jobs unemployment and COBRA subsidies.

Congress says they are worried about the deficit, but the deficit was The Plan. It is right in front of your faces: more »

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Emergency Alert: Blue Dogs Impeding Action On Jobs

By Isaiah J. Poole
May 27, 2010

Even though House Democrats have cut back on the size of a jobs and tax extenders bill Thursday night, the legislation is still facing uncertainty in both the House and the Senate at this hour. Congress Daily reports that the Blue Dog coalition of conservative Democrats are saying "no" to even the meager deal that the Democratic leadership hammered out. more »

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Teacher Layoffs Loom Nationwide, DC Restaurants Humming, Jobs & Justice

By Dave Johnson
May 26, 2010

Some say that "government can't create jobs." Others respond "unemployed people can't create votes." Meanwhile, conservatives, whose policies put so many people out of work, now say unemployed people are lazy and should not be collecting unemployment benefits. more »

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Canaries in the Economic Coalmine

By Terrance Heath
May 21, 2010
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When the jobs-focused plenary panel at America's Future Now convenes— with Angela Glover-Blackwell, Rich Trumka, Jared Bernstein, and Bob Herbert — it's likely they will continue a discussion America desperately needs, and that tea party conservatives  wants desperately not to hear. It's time, past time, to address the black and brown "canaries" in our economic coal mine, by protecting the social safety net and taking direct action to create jobs.

Less than six months ago, leaders of six progressive groups came together to warn that the country's jobs crisis could cause severe and lasting damage to generations of Americans — especially people of color — unless immediate action was taken. That warning came with a notice that the African American and Latino canaries in our economic coal mine were in poor shape.

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