50 Years Later, War on Poverty Is a Mixed Bag, New York Times Mapping Poverty In America – Interactive Graphic To many Americans, the war on poverty declared 50 years ago by President Lyndon B. Johnson has largely failed. The poverty rate has fallen only to 15 percent from 19…
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From ThinkProgress: The expanded federal unemployment insurance program that provides benefits to millions of long-term unemployed Americans is set to expire at the end of December. If Congress fails to extend it, roughly two million Americans could lose their monthly unemployment checks. States provide unemployment insurance for the first 27…
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From The Nation: It wasn’t even close. That’s the unexpected result of the November 6 election. And President Obama and his supporters must wrap their heads around this new reality—just as their Republican rivals are going to have to adjust to it. After a very long, very hard campaign that…
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See also: World Celebrates Obama’s Win (17)
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Four more years. twitter.com/BarackObama/st… — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2012 An excellent editorial from the NYT. Here’s an excerpt: President Obama’s dramatic re-election victory was not a sign that a fractured nation had finally come together on Election Day. But it was a strong endorsement of economic policies that…
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The math makes it impossible for him to win even with Ohio, but this petty little man refuses to concede. (21)
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