News
NY Times | Lost in Recession, Toll on Underemployed and Underpaid
Throughout the Great Recession and the not-so-great recovery, the most commonly discussed measure of misery has been unemployment. But many middle-class and working-class people who are fortunate enough to have work are struggling as well, which is why Sherry Woods, a 59-year-old van driver from Atlanta, found herself standing in line at a jobs fair this month, with her résumé tucked inside a Bible.
USA Today | Grim job prospects could scar today's college graduates
Megan Silsby earned a biology degree last month from Virginia Tech, and she considers herself a full-time worker even though she hasn't landed a job in this rough economy.
Blogs
Political Calculations | Really? Unexpected? Again?!
Back in August 2010, we became concerned that the professional U.S. news media really were being caught with their pants down far too often when reporting economic news, which they were perpetually describing as "unexpected".
The American | Where the energy jobs are
A new report by IHS Global Insight shows where the real energy jobs are, and it’s not in the renewables.
