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Analysis and Opinion

  • Many highly profitable companies cut jobs in 2009

    December 23, 2009 Commentary
  • A bleak future for black children

    December 16, 2009 By Algernon Austin Commentary
  • Signs of healing in the labor market, though unemployment remains in double digits

    December 4, 2009 By Heidi Shierholz Commentary
  • Green jobs, with strings attached

    December 2, 2009 By Owen E. Herrnstadt Commentary
  • Teenage Jobs and Minimum Wage

    November 25, 2009 By Heidi Shierholz Commentary
  • Hungry on Thanksgiving

    November 24, 2009 By Anna Turner and Kathryn Anne Edwards Commentary
  • States in stress

    November 23, 2009 Commentary
  • Tracking the Money: How Recovery Act Recipients Account for their Use of Stimulus Dollars

    November 19, 2009 Commentary
  • Spotlight on the Jobs Crisis

    November 17, 2009 By Lawrence Mishel Commentary
  • Progressive leaders warn of “social catastrophe”

    November 17, 2009 Commentary
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