The Labor Department says claims for unemployment insurance shrank by 29,000, but snowstorms and bad weather in the northeast are still having an effect on those numbers. Steve Chiotakis talks to Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial.
The Atlantic's Don Peck talks with Kai Ryssdal about why this recession is different from others, and the lasting impact chronic unemployment will have on America.
The Senate broke through a logjam yesterday that held up funding to extend unemployment benefits and pay federal highway construction workers. Steve Chiotakis talks to Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer about what bills will follow.
In the town of Boron, Calif., the mineral borax is a way of life. But a labor standoff between a powerful mining company and unionized workers has left more than a quarter of the town's residents without work. Apryl Lundsten reports.
Congress is trying to hammer out a jobs bill that will get Americans back to work because nationally the unemployment rate is almost 10%. Commentator Margaret Simms says that number would spark envy in the black community.
As many as 2 million workers in Greece are reported to have walked off the job today in the second workers' strike this month. Government pay cuts are to blame, but Stephen Beard reports Greece's spending cuts are only expected to deepen.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini talks with Kai Ryssdal about why his company is investing $3.5 billion in U.S. tech companies and how it plans to put more college graduates to work.
Even after Lufthansa pilots agreed to return to work, airline workers continue to strike across Europe. Christopher Werth finds employees' fears of airline costs-cutting is a predominant theme.
The Senate advanced the Democrats' $15 billion job-creation bill with GOP support. The bill could create up to an estimated 200,000 jobs, but critics want the government to be more hands-on. Steve Chiotakis talks to Marketplace's Gregory Warner.
