Economy

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

November 17, 2009 - When news broke yesterday that the U.S.

November 6, 2009 - By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest Last spring, when the ink was barely dry on the $787 billionAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), there was alreadyconcern about an emerging frenzy of lobbying on behalf of corporationsseeking a slice of the stimulus pie.

November 3, 2009 - Wal-Mart's policy of punishing workers for taking sick leave risks spreading swine flu.

November 2, 2009 - More than 200 West Virginia coal miners over the age of 40 -- including more than 80 members of the United Mine Workers of America -- will share in an $8.75 million settlement in an age discrimination lawsuit they filed three years ago.

October 29, 2009 - By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest Key portions of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment