As jobless rates continue to rise, states are struggling to keep up with unemployment insurance claims. ProPublica reported that 25 states have already run out of funds or borrowed to keep up with the demand for unemployment insurance. Are there any creative solutions? Which states are hurting the most? Minnesota’s Dislocated Worker Program has given [...]
The special election victory by Republican Scott Brown over Democrat Martha Coakley to fill late Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat in Massachusetts yesterday left a torrent of speculation and accusation in its wake. Will the healthcare bill be put in jeopardy? What does this mean for the Democrats in 2010 and even 2012? Does the public [...]
With the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy, who will pick up for the Democrats where Kennedy left off in terms of the health care debate and other key economic issues? Conventional wisdom (and the stock market) finds that Kennedy’s absence from the Senate floor will be a blow to the health care debate, but this [...]
The arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. sparked a media storm a few weeks ago, but one prominent Boston African American paper couldn’t cover the story — they were shut down that week due to a lack in funding, PRI reports. With larger African American magazines like Jet and Ebony struggling to survive in the [...]
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