Archives for September, 2011
What we're reading - Sept. 9 2011
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Here's what Kat Aaron, What Went Wrong's project editor, was reading this week: We've written before about the impact of budget cuts in state and local governments. This week, a few examples of those cuts hitting home. As the Michigan Citizen reports, in Highland Park, Mich., the city has long ...
City versus banks on foreclosed homes in Richmond, Calif.
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Photo by William Harless Mayor Gayle McLaughlin talks about blight at the Refund & Rebuild Richmond community meeting. Police Chief Chris Magnus and Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles are on the right. Foreclosure affects not only unfortunate homeowners but whole communities. One study found that when an area's foreclosure rate increases by ...
Minnesota wants new care model for elderly and disabled
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Graphic courtesy of Twin Cities Daily Planet Census data reveals over a quarter of the nation's population is now between the ages of 45 and 64. Because of the aging population, jobs for home health aides are expected to grow by 50 percent over the next decade. As Cynthia ...
What we're reading - Sept. 2 2011
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
Here's what Kat Aaron, What Went Wrong's project editor, was reading this week: This week, of course, I was reading the August unemployment numbers. The unemployment rate held steady, and the labor force numbers actually ticked up microscopically, which means that unemployment isn't static because people are dropping out of ...
