Up, Up and Away – Unemployment Rises to 9.4%

The job numbers for May are in — and they aren’t pretty: With companies in no mood to hire, the U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 9.4 percent in May, the highest in more than 25 years. But the pace of layoffs eased, with employers cutting 345,000 jobs, the...

The Silent Pandemic No One Is Talking About

Chris Wilson of Slate.com is asking When Did Your Country’s Jobs Dissapear? The economic crisis, which has claimed more than 5 million jobs since the recession began, did not strike the entire country at once. A map of employment gains or losses by county tells...

Jesse Ventura on Larry King Live May 12, 2009

Jesse Ventura on CNN’s Larry King, May 12, 2009. Ventura discusses President Obama, President Bush, the war on drugs, his life off the grid, and more. Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, in the middle or none of the above, this is worth watching. You give me...