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Top economists plead case for unemployment insurance extension

Today Congress must decide on whether it will extend unemployment insurance benefits for millions of out-of-work Americans. Republican lawmakers have resisted extension, in part...

Obama federal pay freeze draws mild praise, strong criticism

In a move that will be seen in many quarters as typical for being ineffectively compromising, President Obama announced he was freezing federal pay...

Progressive groups unveil deficit-reduction plan

Our Fiscal Security, a partnership of progressive policy organizations Demos, the Economic Policy Institute and the Century Foundation, unveiled a deficit reduction plan Monday,...

Report: Colorado job loss to China in the tens of thousands

Colorado has lost 45,100 jobs to China since that country entered the World Trade Organization in 2001, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI),...