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Wallets Out; Wall Street Dares to Indulge
Luxury's Comeback: Optimism, Confidence, Growth & Profits
Insurance company profits up 41 percent
Corporate profits have recovered, but job market still depressed
Corporate Profits Hit New Record, U.S. Workers Still Struggling
Fewer Workers, Bigger Profits—and Endless Recession?
Companies Wringing Huge Profits From Job Cuts
US corporations move to create part-time, contingent workforce
Profits up, wages down: Worker losses yield big gains for business
Prime U.S. Mortgage Foreclosures Hit Record as Unemployment Hurts Finances
Banks Set Foreclose Record Despite Foreclosure Fraud Moratorium
Unemployment numbers up with no unemployment extension – not this bad since 1948
Job Insecurity and Stagnant Wages ‘
Rising economic stress cited in domestic violence increase
Increase in Homeless Pupils Poses Unique Challenge to Public Schools
100,000 teachers nationwide face layoffs
Shhh! That's the Sound of Public Libraries Closing
At Least 46 States Have Imposed Cuts That Hurt Vulnerable Residents and the Economy
States cutting back on free medicine for HIV patients
Big Demand at Food pantries from Students and Unemployed
Nation Responds but Shortage Still Critical at Food Banks Around Country
Is the recession fueling a suicide epidemic?
Jobless Flood Suicide Hotlines
Child poverty predicted to rise in 2010
Children’s well-being another casualty of recession
Recession likely to lead to more deaths
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Many thanks to out pals at Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons for their insightful (and incite-ful) cartoons!