Economy
March 3, 2010 -
Late yesterday, Kentucky Republican Sen. Jim Bunning relented on a multi-day filibuster that was holding up passage of a bill including a 30-day extension on unemployment benefits.
March 3, 2010 -
By Jake DaSilva, Labor Notes
March 1, 2010 -
By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest Critics of the $787 billion Recovery Act complain it is not doingenough to revive the economy, but they rarely ask why the companiesthat are receiving stimulus contracts and grants are not hiring morepeople. Now one of those recipients is facing a growing controversyover its employment practices in a case that helps explain why jobsremain in short supply.
February 24, 2010 -
The Obama administration reached a historic settlement last week in a lawsuit claiming decades of racial discrimination against African-American farmers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.