Monday, May 12, 2025

Tag: jobless rate

US jobless rate broke depression-era record—but most media missed it

It’s hard to understand why reporters and editors would have missed an opportunity for a banner headline saying that the unemployment rate in this stunning pandemic recession had already leapt to or perhaps beyond a Great Depression level.

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GOP Medicaid cuts would drop millions from coverage while boosting tax breaks for the...

New Republican plan could strip 8.6 million Americans of healthcare while permanently enriching the ultra-wealthy through revived 2017 tax breaks.

Federal judge halts Trump and Musk’s illegal plan to dismantle government

A California court blocks sweeping mass layoffs and agency overhauls ordered by Trump and Musk, ruling the president lacks the authority to reorganize the federal government without congressional approval.

Remember when bad guys were engaging, even charming outlaws shielded by media trickery? Not...

Why start a horrendous global tariff ambush without having any good escapes? The outcomes will only humiliate Trump.

Donald Trump’s feverish lust for green energy resources

It’s not about the climate, it’s about greed.

Seven dead in ICE custody in Trump’s first 100 days as detainee population swells

At least seven migrants have died in ICE custody since January, as the Trump administration expands detention and dismantles oversight across a system plagued by abuse, neglect, and inhumane conditions.