Tax Day is next Thursday, so in honor of all the last-minute procrastinators out there (and the accountants who help them!), here are few final tips and stories about tax season from around the country. In Maryland, volunteers who just couldn’t get enough fun doing their own taxes are opening their slates to help low-income [...]
Two videos: one serious, one funny about the costs of unemployment. First, PBS NewsHour analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks take a look at the political costs of the still-high unemployment rate. Then, take a look at this fun “Unemployment Game Show” from Mint.com. What ‘counts’ as employed?
The unemployment numbers have leveled off at 9.7% — certainly a lukewarm sign at best for the country by any measure. Particularly for veterans, reentering the workforce is a challenge. Male veterans between ages 18 and 24 have a nearly 22 percent unemployment rate, according to the Labor Department. PRI’s The World reports on a [...]
While new fulltime jobs are at a virtual standstill, the jobs that are available are more flexible, with more and more people working temporary and contract jobs to make ends meet. But more varied work means it’s harder to take time off. WNYC’s Brian Lehrer show spoke with Bloomberg BusinessWeek editor Peter Coy about the [...]
Some filmmakers pride themselves on making a film every year or two. Or even only every ten (ahem, James Cameron). But documentarian Alex Jablonski is making a film a month for a whole year. In the second installment of Sparrow Songs, Jablonski interviews people in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, all of whom [...]
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