Tag: Jobs

President Obama pauses as he speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex on Monday. Before speaking about the economy, Obama spoke on the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, mourning what he called "yet another mass shooting" in the United States that he says took the life of American patriots. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

While Republicans squabble, Obama plots path to victory in 2014

Byron York · September 19, 2013 4:00 am

OT, minimum wage extended to health care workers

OT, minimum wage extended to health care workers

Sam Hananel · September 17, 2013 11:55 pm

Census: Poverty still at record high while income stagnates

Joseph Lawler · September 17, 2013 12:00 am

Comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory compared Wal-Mart to the leader of Nazi Germany at a "living wage" rally in front of the D.C. City Council on Tuesday. (Photo: Sean Higgins/For the Examiner)

Walmart compared to Hitler at DC living wage rally

Sean Higgins · September 16, 2013 4:00 am

Georgia Healthcare Company to Lay Off Over 100 Because of Obamacare

Georgia Healthcare Company to Lay Off Over 100 Because of Obamacare

Daniel Halper · September 15, 2013 2:09 pm

The employment rate is not rising because of President Obama's policies, it is falling primarily due to retiring baby boomers and discouraged individuals giving up looking for work, according to research by labor economist James Sherk of the Heritage Foundation.

Examiner editorial: How to get America’s economy growing again, for everybody

Editorial · September 15, 2013 4:00 am

Coal-fired power plants currently account for about 40 percent of all electricity used in the U.S., but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has promulgated regulations that are pressuring owners to close many of the plants. (AP/Matthew Brown)

Energy and Environment

Battle lines drawn over new coal rules

Steve Contorno · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Don Lemon, an on-air personality for CNN News, boldly sallied forth into the cauldron about American racial and cultural mores.

An unnecessary ‘saggy pants’ tale of woe

Gregory Kane · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

1% incomes are close to full recovery while bottom 99% incomes have hardly started to recover.

Post-recession, the 1 percent continue to pull away

Joseph Lawler · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

Syrian demonstrators carry an image of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a protest against US military action in Syria, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in front of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Syria fight came at just the right time for Obama

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

Goldman Sachs: Effects of the sequester now showing up in the data

Joseph Lawler · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

Energy and Environment

Battle lines drawn over new coal rules

Steve Contorno · September 10, 2013 4:00 am