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May 23 : The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its occupational employment and wages report for May 2010.1 The ten largest...
May 17 : Congress completed the fiscal year 2011 appropriations process on April 14th, 2011, finalizing annual funding for...
May 06 : By late 2008, the United States was in the midst of its most severe economic recession since the 1930s, brought on by a...

The Homegrown Threat

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How big a threat does domestic jihadist terrorism pose? The National Security Studies Program breaks down 180 known cases with a new, interactive database.

Also, Peter Bergen this week appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations and House Homeland Security committees on how the U.S. approach in the war on terror should adapt now that bin Laden has met his demise.

Middle Class Under Stress

Sherle Schwenninger recently discussed his report, "The American Middle Class Under Stress," with Yahoo's The Daily Ticker. The report details how difficult it has been for the middle class to find jobs with adequate income that can keep pace with rising inflation.

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Dispatches from Sudan

abyei_burn.jpgFollowing this year's referendum on southern Sudan independence, border hostilities have heated up and residents of Abyei have fled the city as Sudanese army tanks have rolled in. Rebecca Hamilton, reporting for the Pultizer Center, is filing dispatches from Sudan as the conflict threatens to reignite civil war just months before southern Sudan forms a new nation. Check here as updates are filed.