Economy
December 4, 2009 -
About a quarter of U.S. households lack banking services, making them vulnerable to costly alternative financial services like payday loans. The problem is especially severe for minority households and for states in the South.
December 3, 2009 -
By Aaron Glantz, New America Media On the eve of President Barack Obama's White House Summit on Jobs,labor leaders yesterday issued a dire warning: Unless Congress andObama create a "bold jobs program," state and local governments couldshed almost a million jobs next year, further worsening our nationalunemployment rate. "The budget crisis that they face is dire," Thea Lee, chief of staff of
December 2, 2009 -
Health reform is getting all the attention, but remember the banking and economic crisis? Next week, the U.S. House is expected to vote on several proposed reforms. The Center for Media and Democracy's Bankster website is encouraging citizens to tell Congress about their desire for reform: While it may it be a wonderful life for the big banks on Wall Street,here on Main Street too many of us are struggling this holiday season.The financial sector has collapsed the economy - gifting us with
November 30, 2009 -
The New York Times ran an eye-opening story this weekend about the 36 million people in this country who depend on food stamps:
November 24, 2009 -
Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest In late October the company, A-Power Energy Generation Systems, announcedthat it had been chosen to supply some 240 turbines for a large windfarm planned for Texas. That would have been just another in a longseries of manufacturing-goes-to-China stories, but for reportsthat the group launching the $1.5 billion project--a joint venture of
November 18, 2009 -
Here at Facing South, we've reported a lot on the affordable housing crisis still gripping New Orleans as the city enters the fifth year of post-Katrina recovery.To address the problem, policy-makers and advocates have focused on supply, pushing to preserve or build affordable ho