Zombie Politics

The Republican talking point about labor participation was recently torpedoed by Factcheck.org . Among the facts... Sen. Lindsey Graham sa...

The Labor Department said on Friday that employers added a seasonally adjusted 257,000 jobs in January, but even more significant was a revi...

Yesterday's paper had a great piece on how well the economy is doing here in Minnesota and in the rest of the country. Check out this i...

Today's jobs report was very positive with the unemployment rate dropping to 5.6% and 252,000 jobs added in the month of December. Nove...

Job Gains Put US on Pace for Best Growth Since '99 "These were boom-like numbers," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody...

Unemployment rate drops to 5.9% as job growth rebounds The economy added a robust 248,000 net new jobs, and the unemployment rate dropped ...

An even brighter spot in June's jobs report is that fewer Americans are giving up on the job search because they are discouraged by thei...

U.S. employment growth jumped in June and the jobless rate closed in on a six-year low, decisive evidence the economy was moving forward at ...

Midwest and national manufacturing grew in November, reports say . From the article... Factories making machinery, metal parts, furnitur...

The president apologized yesterday for his mistake in saying, "If you like your insurance, you get to keep it," several times duri...

Barack Obama's destruction of the economy continues.... S&P Tops 1,700 For 1st Time; Dow Also At Record High US employers add 16...

U.S. Adds 165,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Dips  The headline unemployment rate ticked lower to 7.5% from 7.6%, the lowest in four years. E...

There have been lot of rumblings of late regarding the minimum wage. The president has suggested that it be raised to $9 per hour. Elizabeth...

Michael Tomasky's recent piece is quite brilliant as it exposes the three big lies that we hear all the time from the Right. Before we...

Someone asked me in comments a while back just what exactly right to work laws do to a state's economy? Well, here's a pretty good s...

Get used to a new word for 2013: reshoring. Conventional wisdom says that American jobs are flying like crazy over to China. But a recent...

If 316,000 jobs are added between now and November 6th, the president will break even on jobs since he took office. Included in their 13 sli...

The drone from the "liberal" media of late regarding the re-election chances of President Obama usually revolves around the same l...