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December 12, 2009 - By Bill Quigley, Center for Constitutional Rights

December 9, 2009 - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America MediaThe bad news is that the more than one out of three young blacks out of work matches the figure for joblessness at the peak of the 1930s Great Depression. The worse news is that the jobless figure for young blacks, especially young black males, is not much different from what it was even before the economic meltdown. During the Clinton era economic boom, the unemployment rate for young black males was double -- and in

December 7, 2009 - By Jake Bernstein, ProPublicaAfter a brief holiday respite, bank failure Friday came back with a vengeance. The FDIC and its fellow regulators closed six institutions, bringing the total to 130

November 6, 2009 - By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers DigestLast spring, when the ink was barely dry on the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), there was already concern about an emerging frenzy of lobbying on behalf of corporations seeking a slice of the stimulus pie.

November 5, 2009 - By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers DigestI admit it -- the Dirt Diggers Digest is guilty of focusing on the bad news about corporate misdeeds. So in this post I will write about something positive: activist groups that are succeeding in changing corporate behavior for the better. The occasion for this shift in emphasis is the recent announcement of the winners of the BENNY awards, which are given out by the Business Ethics Network.

November 4, 2009 - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson,

November 3, 2009 - By Jordan Flaherty, Justice Roars