Stimulus

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November 30, 2012

President Obama plays hardball in 'fiscal cliff' talks

ANALYSIS - President Obama is no longer looking to be the great compromiser in Washington...
March 7, 2012

Romney can't run away from his past Obama-like positions

OPINION - If he winds up as the nominee, it'll be hard enough for Romney to take on Obama with…
October 14, 2011

Can Obama bypass Congress to create jobs?

OPINION - By facing GOP obstinacy with equal force, he can re-engineer the broken political machine and make it work…
October 11, 2011

Obama says he's ready to move jobs bill in pieces

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama said Tuesday he's prepared to break his jobs bill into pieces and try to move…
August 25, 2011

Obama's 2009 stimulus is still boosting jobs

In its latest quarterly report, the agency said the law's combination of aid to states and localities, public works projects,…
July 8, 2011

Are blacks missing out on jobs in their own backyard?

OPINION - For African-Americans -- the most loyal of Obama's base, and voters he will surely need to secure his…
April 7, 2011

Fewer people sought unemployment aid last week

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Labor Department said the number of people seeking benefits dropped 10,000 to 382,000 in the week…
October 20, 2010

Make no mistake: Barack Obama is on the midterm ballot

OPINION - Those who say more should have been done or could have been done ignore the limits placed on…
October 19, 2010

Blacks’ higher education options limited in the South

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - "The 400,000 or 500,000 African-Americans in the Delta need a place to go to school where…
September 3, 2010

Obama planning new package of economic aid

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has already passed many of the provisions, but they have stalled in the Senate because…
September 3, 2010

4 ways Obama can sell a second stimulus

OPINION - The administration should take control of the debate and not allow the opposition to define the issues. Play…
August 26, 2010

Obama's stimulus created up to 3.3 million jobs, CBO says

According to the non-partisan, Congressional Budget Office, the $814 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA, probably added up…
April 22, 2010

The 'green jobs' gamble has not paid off

OPINION - We cannot tolerate this kind of folly with Uncle Sam broke and millions of Americans, especially African-Americans and…
April 6, 2010

Jobless numbers show no evidence of a post-racial America

From The Washington Independent - New statistics on unemployment among blacks raise questions about the Administration's "post-racial" approach to joblessness...
March 15, 2010

3/15/10 – theGrio & CNBC Market Update

VIDEO - Investors watch the Fed for signs of recovery, while reports on housing, manufacturing, and inflation give businesses insight…
March 10, 2010

Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure...
March 8, 2010

Minority firms get less stimulus money

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising…
February 22, 2010

2/22/10 – theGrio & CNBC Market Update

VIDEO - The Stimulus Bill ends its first year, while investors await national economic reports on Housing, Consumer Confidence, and…
February 19, 2010

Slideshow: theGrio’s week in review 2/14 – 2/20

The one year anniversary of the stimulus, the 'We Are the World' remake, Tiger Woods' mea culpa -- these are…
February 17, 2010

Obama says stimulus bill saved a troubled US economy

VIDEO - President Obama is observing the first anniversary of the signing of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill...