Tag Archives: recession

No job? How about joining a right-wing hate group?

By Mark | April 14, 2009

According to a new report issued by the Department of Homeland Security, right-wing extremist groups are taking advantage of the current economic conditions and fact that we have a black President to recruit returning, out-of-work veterans and others. Following is a clip from Reuters: …The April 7 report, which Reuters and other news media obtained […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Politics, Predictions | Also tagged , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Layoffs and Buying Local

By Mark | March 6, 2009

They refer to January 26, 2009 as Black Monday. On that one day alone, 65,400 layoffs were announced. And that wasn’t the end of it. According to government data released today, another 651,000 jobs were lost in February, bringing our unemployment rate to 8.1% – the highest it’s been in the past 25 years. For […]

Posted in Economics, Locally Owned Business, Special Projects, Sustainability, Ypsilanti | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | 44 Comments

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