On deficit, Obama says "corporate jet owners" should pay fair share
President Barack Obama ratcheted up the pressure yesterday on Republicans to get off their our-way-or -the-highway position in the debt/deficit talks.
"Golden State" finally has a budget, but it's ugly
Health, education and other human needs programs have endured repeated severe cuts over the years. The California budget that finally passed included still deeper cuts.
"Good Jobs" tour: Detroiters say we need jobs, not spending on war
What drove the huge outpouring, and what was missing in the lives of many in attendance was the right to a job.
Naki’o: the amazing bionic puppy
Naki'o made history as the first pet to have a complete set of bionic legs.
White House looking to foreign companies to create U.S. jobs
Foreign direct investment is an important part of the U.S. economy. Close to six million workers are employed by foreign-owned businesses worth some $3.1 trillion, the White House Council of Economic Advisers reported.
Stop the banksters: Michigan county weighs foreclosure moratorium
The UAW's Miguel Foster called the area's foreclosure epidemic an "economic and human catastrophe" that is affecting many of his union's members.
Interfaith coalition tells Congress: Put job creation first
The group, comprised of Muslim, Christian and Jewish organizations, called on Congress "to protect poor people from bearing the brunt of budget cuts."
Ending wars, creating jobs, top mayors' agenda
More than a dozen mayors are sponsoring a resolution to end the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and use the savings to pay for job-creating programs in the nation's cities.
At empty train depot, Detroiters demand jobs
DETROIT - They believe that if a negligent slumlord did what he was supposed to, the worst urban blight could be used to generate good jobs.
Michigan’s new budget increases pain and misery
Republicans claim the budget, which awaits the governor's signature, is groundbreaking. Backbreaking would be more apt.
