Economy
November 16, 2010 -
By Sasha Chavkin, ProPublica
November 12, 2010 -
Number of Americans who are currently unemployed: 14.8 million Average duration of their unemployment: 33.9 weeks October's overall unemployment rate, essentially unchanged since May: 9.6 percent
October 28, 2010 -
By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest Like many unlikely marriages, the relationship between the Tea Party
October 25, 2010 -
Black farmers gathered in a historic farming community in North Carolina over the weekend to draw attention to the continuing decline of black land ownership due to government policies -- including the ongoing failure by the Senate to fund a more than $1 billion race discrimination agreement.