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Architecture Students Having Worst Time Finding Jobs, Arts and Humanities Not Much Better [Study]

While a degree in architecture use to be one of the most sought after options for students thanks to the ability to make things and watch them grow into thriving businesses, homes and other buildings that dream ... continue

GOP Wants Mandatory Drug Testing For Unemployed

Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) suggested on the floor of the House of Representatives this week that bad decision making involving drugs is leaving people without jobs. According to Reed: "I have been back in my district, and we do town ... continue

The American Dream Has Been Lost for 41% of Americans

The American Dream has been lost for almost half (41%) of Americans, according to a survey by Yahoo! Finance. The figure may be shocking but it's consistent with reality that 49 million Americans are living in poverty and ... continue

Unemployment Benefits: Fewer Claims, Improving Economy?

Like the first few crocuses poking their little crocus-heads out of the ground after winter, it seems that there may be a few signs of a demonstrably improving economy in the United States. (Well, that analogy only ... continue

Republicans To Filibuster American Jobs Act Later Today

Senate Republicans announced on Tuesday that they plan to filibuster President Obama's "American Jobs Act" which aims to allow teachers to keep their jobs and extends federal unemployment benefits to nearly 5 million out of work Americans. Speaking ... continue

6 Million American’s Could Lose Unemployment Benefits In January

An estimated 6 million Americans will run out of unemployment benefits starting in January unless Congress acts swiftly to remedy the problem. According to CNNMoney that benefits will run out for 1.8 million people in January and then quickly worsen ... continue

US Census Study: 1 In 6 Americans Lived In Poverty During 2010

Here's a number that the current administration would like to stay hidden, a recent study of the US Census has found that 46.2 million American's lived below the poverty line in 2010, a number equal to 15.1% ... continue

9.2% Unemployment As Job Hiring Nears A Standstill

The June jobs report has just been released and the numbers are not what we'd expect to see 2 years after experts said the recession ended. Employers added the fewest numbers of jobs in June than they ... continue

Racial Divide: U.S. Unemployment Rate Soars Among African Americans

While the national unemployment rate currently hovers around 9.1% the number of African Americans without jobs has soared much higher. According to a recent CBS News report unemployment among African Americans has reached a national average of 16.2% ... continue

Can Entrepreneurs Shore Up a Struggling US Economy?

Many have argued since it became clear the Great Recession was not a blip but the sum of an entire generation's economic experience that entrepreneurship might just save America's economy. It makes sense, to some degree. The advent ... continue

‘Casual relationship’ found between unemployment and early death

Earlier this week: too much work can kill you. Middle of the week- no work can also kill you. Researchers have found a "causal link" between unemployment and early or premature death, in a study published in the ... continue

Sucky job could be worse for mental health than no job at all

One of the defining employment statistics of the Great Recession seems to be that a growing and large number of workers are staying in undesirable work situations, waiting for an uptick in the economy to escape the ... continue

1 in 7 Americans living in poverty in ‘new, unhappy world’

The Census Bureau released some grim statistics about poverty today, revealing that one out of every seven Americans is "living in poverty" in the United States. In 2009, the poverty rate climbed for the third year running, shooting ... continue

Cool: Google Wave 2009 recap

2009 was a pretty eventful year. The US inaugurated its first black president. Michael Jackson died. (And Billy Mays and Brittany Murphy and Patrick Swayze and DJ AM, too.) Something happened all up in Iran and media outlets across ... continue

Unemployed lawyer gets benefits yanked over $1 a day blogging

Unless you happened to be a very popular blog network like I Can Has Cheezeburger the chances of making a living strictly from running Google AdSense is next to impossible. However the idea that earning a $1.30 ... continue

Bronx girl Trina Thompson sues college because she can’t find a job

Unemployment in New York State is skyrocketing, and one city resident isn't taking it lying down. Trina Thompson attended Monroe College in the Bronx and since her graduation with an Information Technology degree in April, Thompson has been ... continue

If you are laid off, here’s how to socially network

I’m getting a LOT of chats from people who have been laid off. Most of the time I find that they just aren’t presenting a good face to me for me to help them find a new ... continue