It was a busy week in Washington, highlighted of course by the President’s annual State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress. President Obama took this opportunity to speak broadly about the challenges facing America and...
Normally when the public or politicians talk about economic recovery they focus on unemployment and consumer spending. However, the rile of state budget cuts are largely ignored, yet are intimately tied to both unemployment and consumer spending. State cuts...
From our partners at the Half in Ten project: Tell the Senate to Create Over 2 Million Jobs in Low-Income Communities The Senate is considering legislation to spur job creation, but it isn’t clear if the bill will include...