95,000 more jobs are lost
95,000 jobs were lost in September because the private sector added only 64,000 jobs while government employment went down by 159,000.
Golden State hanging on by its fingernails
California’s budget may be about to stagger over the finish line, nearly 100 days late - but it won't be pretty.
Steelworkers president talks up green jobs
"The same people who say you can't have good wages and good pensions say you can't have good jobs and a clean environment," Steelworkers leader Leo Gerard said.
Possible foreclosure fraud prompts investigation by feds
Attorney General Eric Holder announced a federal investigation into possible fraud by big banks foreclosing on homeowners.
Economists predict stormy weather ahead
In a live webcast conference yesterday, top left-to-moderate economists painted a grim picture, especially with the current Republican-induced paralysis in Congress.
Labor leads campaign for moratorium on foreclosures
Calls for a nationwide moratorium on foreclosures come after several large banks revealed widespread irregularities in procedures for home repossessions.
California Senate contenders slug it out in debate
Boxer said her Republican opponent, while CEO of Hewlett Packard, "laid off 30,000 workers, shipped jobs overseas, and she says she's proud of her record - well, that's her record."
Hope is stronger than hate
In their effort to win the Congress this year and the White House in 2012, the Republican Party and their tea party attack dogs are unashamedly promoting fear, racism, bigotry and red-baiting.
GOP “pledge” condemned as flim-flam
It's being called a "public relations" ploy, a kind of "Herbert Hoover economics," whose "numbers don't add up.."
Poverty up, uninsured up
The Great Recession hit home and hit hard in 2009, the Census Bureau said, as the number of uninsured leaped by 4.4 million in one year.
