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    April 24, 2012

    Wisconsin lost more jobs than any other state over last year

    It's a finding that Eric Pusey, founder of the Minnesota Progressive Project, characterized as "yet another reason to be glad we don't have Governor Emmer."Remember when Scott Walker promised to create 250,000 new jobs during his first term? If Wisconsin voters do, then Walker is probably in trouble ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Minnesota lost 2,900 technology jobs in 2010, but might have already gained them back

    ​Americans cannot get enough technology, from wall-sized televisions that play movies to handheld gadgets that play very small movies. But even the technology field can't avoid getting caught up and tossed around in the tide of the recession.Minnesota lost 2,900 technology jobs in 2010, with the m ... More >>

  • News

    October 5, 2011

    Rick Perry's "Texas miracle" is a fantasy

    The GOP presidential candidate's claims don't hold up

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Tom Emmer girds for overpaid waiter reaction

    Tom Emmer wants waiters and waitresses to be paid less than minimum wage before tips​Waiters and waitresses around the state were startled to learn the other day that Republican candidate for governor Tom Emmer thought they were overpaid, and he wants restaurant owners to be able to pay their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Tom Emmer picks a fight with all those $100k-a-year waiters

    ​Tom Emmer knows how to fix the economy: We've got to stick it to the kingpins raking in big money serving us coffee. Emmer found a handful of wait-staff making more than $100,000 a year and used their almost unique good fortune to bludgeon every hardscrabble waiter and waitress working a mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    St. Paul dead last in mommy-friendly survey

    Photo: happysnapper​OK, this is hardly a scientific survey. But still, St. Paul just got ranked dead last in The Daily Beast's pre-Mother's Day survey of mommy-friendly U.S. cities. Based on what? Mothers-per-capita according to U.S. Census Bureau data; educational quality as scored by Great ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    Minneapolis: A Great Place to Get Rich

    Photo: happysnapper​OK, this is hardly a scientific survey. But still, St. Paul just got ranked dead last in The Daily Beast's pre-Mother's Day survey of mommy-friendly U.S. cities. Based on what? Mothers-per-capita according to U.S. Census Bureau data; educational quality as scored by Great ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2008

    U.S. Chamber of Commerce gets revenge on Al Franken

    Photo: happysnapper​OK, this is hardly a scientific survey. But still, St. Paul just got ranked dead last in The Daily Beast's pre-Mother's Day survey of mommy-friendly U.S. cities. Based on what? Mothers-per-capita according to U.S. Census Bureau data; educational quality as scored by Great ... More >>

  • News

    June 1, 2005

    Real Estate: Bubbly or Frothy?

    Alan Greenspan and America's unreal estate

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2005

    Boy in the Bubble

    Alan Greenspan and America's unreal estate

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    Wal-Mart Wants Your Job

    As the Retailing Behemoth Prepares to Open Its First Store in the Twin Cities Metro, Neighborhoods and Workers Brace Themselves for the Wal-Mart Treatment: Low Wages, Union Busting, and a Big, Friendly Smile

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Take This Job and Love It

    Sure, jobs are slowly coming back to Minnesota. And the pay is lousy.

  • News

    November 26, 2003

    The Invisible Recovery

    Author and economist Doug Henwood on jobless recoveries, the two Americas, and the "Wal-Mart effect"

  • News

    November 26, 2003

    Hack Attack

    For cabbies, the mean streets keep getting meaner

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    Organized Slaughter

    Falling carcasses and untreated injuries: Meatpackers at Dakota Premium Foods were driven to form a union. But not even that got the company's attention.

  • News

    November 26, 1997

    Blood, Sweat, and Supper

    One week on the evisceration line

  • News

    January 17, 1996

    Big Brother, Inc.

    Why are businesses spying on their own employees more and more? Because they can.

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