‘A Community Driven to Rebuild’: Asheville Begins Long Road to Recovery After Hurricane Helene
The community of Asheville, North Carolina, is looking down a long road to recovery after Hurricane Helene battered the area.
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Metallica Donates $100,000 to Help Victims of Hurricane Helene
Legendary heavy metal band Metallica is helping communities devastated by Hurricane Helene as cleanup efforts are underway.
VIDEO: Fifth Body Recovered in Wreckage at Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse Site
Officials have recovered a fifth body in the wreckage of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which tragically collapsed in March.
China: Hundreds of Parents Protest Post-Pandemic Fall of Tutoring Company in Beijing
A few hundred protesters gathered in Beijing on Monday, most of them parents demanding refunds after a private tutoring company called Youwin Education went out of business. The demonstration was unusual in the tightly-controlled capital of Communist China, especially since it came on the very day that Chinese officials claimed the national economy came roaring back from the coronavirus in the third quarter with nearly five percent growth.
Exclusive — Trump Accomplishments List: President Provides Six-Page Document Detailing Successes of Administration
President Donald Trump provided Breitbart News during an exclusive Oval Office interview with a six-page document detailing several of his administration’s accomplishments.
Economists Hope for Rapid Bounce Back After Coronavirus
We will likely see more jobs lost before we begin to turn things around. But it is useful to remember that we can. And the clearest proof is in the very recent past.
NYT: Black Workers’ Wages ‘Are Finally Rising’ After ‘Decade of Stagnation’
The New York Times reported Friday morning that African American workers are seeing their wages rise for the first time after a “decade of stagnation,” further evidence of the strength of the U.S. economy.
Detroit: ‘The Renaissance Feels Real This Time’
Some in Detroit even give Donald Trump credit. The question is whether this recovery can last long enough to expand beyond the downtown area.
Frozen Pickle Pops are the New Summer Craze in California
California’s latest food fad is Bob’s Pickle Pops, which are being marketed as a post-workout recovery snack.
Trump Admin OKs Cadiz Project for Water to 400,000 in SoCal
The Cadiz Water Project will soon produce enough Mojave Desert groundwater to serve the needs of 400,000 people in Southern California, thanks to President Donald Trump’s Department of Interior reversing his predecessor’s stall tactics.
Only Bay Area Has Recovered from Great Recession
Only four counties out of California’s 58 have fully recovered from the Great Recession, in the sixth year after the official economic recovery began.
Report: Household Spending Going into Overdrive
The strong dollar, low interest rates and pent-up demand should drive after-tax growth in real consumer spending and a doubling of the rate of housing growth, according to Lombard Street Research.
American Economy Still Down by 5.9 Million Jobs Since 2008
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just published the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) report for February. The job openings percent for the workforce hit a 14 year high of 5.1 million, while the layoffs and discharges percentage stayed at a historic low. But despite the job availability rate more than doubling since 2009, the hiring rate only grew by 30 percent in the same period. Adjusted for population growth, the American economy is still down by 5.9 million jobs.
Obama’s ‘Recovery’ Freezes Up Again
For the last few months, we’ve heard loud trumpeting about “strong” job reports and signs of economic growth, which the President and his defenders were naturally eager to claim credit for. Not in March.
