Clips
THE WASHINGTON POST
It’s not a ‘labor shortage.’ It’s a great reassessment of work in America.
May 2021
Millions of jobs probably aren’t coming back, even after the pandemic ends
February 2021
Months later, more than 1 million Americans are still waiting for unemployment aid
January 2021
December 2020
The covid-19 recession is the most unequal in modern U.S. history
September 2020
The latest crisis: Low-income students are dropping out of college this fall in alarming numbers
September 2020
The recession is over for the rich, but the working class is far from recovered
August 2020
2020 is the summer of booming home sales — and evictions
July 2020
The big factor holding back the U.S. economic recovery: Child care
July 2020
“Everything looks normal, but it doesn’t feel normal. I live downtown with bars and restaurants and nobody is here. We have no idea how long it will be."
The black-white economic divide is as wide as it was in 1968
June 2020
Glitches prevent $1,200 stimulus checks from reaching millions of Americans
April 2020
There’s a growing possibility of a W-shaped economic recovery — and it’s scary
April 2020
A New York City taxi driver kept working to pay bills. Now he and his family are sick
Railroads are slashing workers, cheered on by Wall Street to stay profitable amid Trump’s trade war
January 2020
The Trump vs. Obama economy — in 15 charts
August 2019
July 2019
Trump's tariffs, once described as a negotiating tool, may be here to stay
May 2019
Is this economy too good to be true?
May 2019
Scott Mezzapeso lost his job when a big factory closed. He has a tattoo of his daughter on his arm and doesn't want to move before she finishes 12th grade.
March 2019
“I feel the worst thing you can do to kids is uproot them. I don’t have good options right now.”
March 2019
A record 7 million Americans are 3 months behind on their car payments, a red flag for the economy
February 2019
‘The aristocrats are out of touch’: Davos elites believe the answer to inequality is ‘upskilling’
January 2019
‘Please, listen to us,’ What it’s like being female at America’s biggest economics conference
January 2019
Exasperated over the market plunge, Trump asks advisers whether he can fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell
December 2018
The benefits of this ‘strong economy’ have not reached all Americans
December 2018
1 million Americans live in RVs. Meet the ‘modern nomads’
November 2018
Conservative Arkansas could soon have the highest effective minimum wage in the country
November 2018
We have a serious problem’: Paul Volcker is worried about something worse than inflation
October 2018
As stocks tumble, the US wonders, is this economy as good as it gets?
October 2018
U.S., Canada and Mexico just reached a sweeping new trade deal. Here’s what is in it
October 2018
September 2018
Under Trump, the jobs boom has finally reached blue-collar workers. Will it last?
September 2018
America’s severe trucker shortage could undermine the prosperous economy
June 2018
The first layoffs from Trump’s tariffs are here
June 2018
Why the stock market is selling off
February 2018
The Republican tax bill was the easy part. The next debate could be much uglier.
December 2017
The final GOP tax bill is complete. Here’s what is in it
December 2017
How an unequal tax cut grew more unequal
December 2017
Is $100,000 middle class in America?
October 2017
Half the jobs in America pay less than $18 an hour. Can Trump help?
August 2017
The feel-good Hallmark Channel is booming in the age of Trump
August 2017
"No one deserves to lose a life coming to
a country festival.”
He was shot helping people during the Las Vegas shooting. His heroics helped his photo go viral.
October 2017
CNN
What Trump doesn’t understand about the poor
June 2017
I love my factory job, but I don’t want my kid to do it
June 2017
School lunch shaming: Inside America’s hidden debt crisis
May 2017
NAFTA is ‘killing the American Dream,’ Michigan workers say
February 2017
Even Trump voters want the minimum wage raised
February 2017
Trump voters stay loyal: ‘I am not voting for him to be pope’
October 2016
Hillary Clinton might lose Ohio because she badmouthed coal
October 2016
The American Dream: Rich are fearful for its survival, but poor still believe
October 2016
Why I’m suing Chipotle for ‘wage theft’
September 2016
The battle to save Langston Hughes’ $3 milion home
August 2016
Meet Sweetgreen – the ‘next Chipotle’
July 2015
October 2014
Trump gives America’s ‘poorest white town’ hope
February 2017
"I've lived in poverty my entire life. So there's really no hope."
THE GUARDIAN
What you learn about humanity from living on the streets
October 2013
Americans love to ask people ‘what do you do’? It’s a habit we should break
March 2014
Why is the US a decade behind Europe on ‘chip and pin’ cards?
January 2014
The Brits have it right: forget Happy Holidays, just wish people Merry Christmas
December 2013
THE PATRIOT-NEWS
Gov. Corbett is MIA on needed child abuse reforms
October 2012
Worst part of Pa. congressional redistricting? No public comment period
December 2011
Marcellus Shale gas industry pays taxes, but not many
April 2011
Want a big natural gas pipeline in your backyard?
June 2010
What we can learn from Texas: Shale gas drilling dos and don’ts
March 2010
Matt Seely, Michigan
"There was a point in time before NAFTA
came in where there was a machine shop like this literally on every corner in the metro Detroit area."
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