Arctic Warming Means Battles for Shipping and Riches

At the top of the world, under the ice, lies a large number of natural resources. Gas, coal, uranium and other minerals, even diamonds, sit under the ice inside the Arctic Circle. As climate change pushes the cold and ice farther north each year, dis

VOA标准英语2012--Warnings of Humanitarian Crisis in Greek Port Town

Warnings of Humanitarian Crisis in Greek Port Town Aid workers say the Greek economic crash is causing a humanitarian crisis in one impoverished suburb of the port city of Piraeus. Most of the residents of Perama are unemployed and many are unable to

VOA标准英语2013--Fiscal Cliff Could Have Greatest Impact on Poor, Unemployed

Fiscal Cliff Could Have Greatest Impact on Poor, Unemployed At a Los Angeles center, Catholic Charities provides food and other assistance to the poor, unemployed, and homeless. A homeless man, John Wood, is sitting with his belongs in a grocery cart

2006年VOA标准英语-Combat Veterans Search for Civilian Careers

By Kane Farabaugh New York City 20 November 2006 watch Job Fair report Some members of the U.S. military are finding the transition back to the civilian workforce difficult after a combat deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. Even though certain laws p

VOA标准英语2012--US Unemployed Become Jobless, Homeless, Hopeful

US Unemployed Become Jobless, Homeless, Hopeful Jobless Robbyne Sudduth became a statistic - unemployed, homeless. Laid off from Xerox in 2007, she left Michigan and came to New York looking for work. I was putting out resumes and doing what people d

VOA标准英语2011--Hundreds Hold Prayer Vigil for Unemployed on Capitol Hill

Hundreds Hold Prayer Vigil for Unemployed on Capitol Hill Thousands of jobless workers from around the country, community members, and clergy held a prayer vigil on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to extend unemployment benefits. Millions of jobless wo

VOA标准英语2010年-Unemployed US Professionals Grapple wi

President Obama signed a bill last week extending unemployment benefits to 99 weeks. The extension will affect 1.4 million unemployed Americans and help ease the longest bout of joblessness since the great Depression. Our reporter visited a career co

VOA标准英语2010年-For Unemployed New Yorkers, No Recover

Over 10 percent of New Yorkers, nearly 425,000, are unemployed and looking for work, the highest rate in the three decades that records have been kept. The city's jobless numbers are expected to stay at ten percent or above through next year. And tha

VOA标准英语2011--Unemployed Look to President, Congress f

Unemployed Look to President, Congress for Help Job hunters around the United States are struggling to keep up their spirits as they look for work, despite the poor economy. Many watched President Barack Obama's Thursday speech to a joint session of

VOA标准英语2011--Obama: March Jobless Numbers 'Good News'

The U.S. unemployment rate dipped in March to its lowest level in two years, and President Barack Obama hailed the good news. The Labor Department says 8.8 percent of the U.S. work force was unemployed in March. That is one-tenth of a percent lower t

VOA标准英语2012--African Americans Vote in Key Battleground State

African Americans Vote in Key Battleground State Early voting is underway in North Carolina and, for African American voters like Walter Gilmore, there's a sense of urgency. I am just worried in general for jobs. So many people in North Carolina are

VOA标准英语2010年-Unemployed Find Comic Relief in New Bo

Sometimes, the best way to deal with a bad situation is to laugh at it. That's the idea behind The Adventures of Unemployed Man, a parody of classic superhero comics, written for America's current economic meltdown. In it, writers Erich Origen and Ga

VOA标准英语2014--Long Term US Unemployed Face Difficult Year 美国长期失业者新年更艰难

Long Term US Unemployed Face Difficult Year 美国长期失业者新年更艰难 Five years after the financial crisis, many indicators suggest a recovery is finally taking hold in the worlds largest economy. U.S. gross domestic product is growing at

VOA标准英语2014--Washington Week: Focus on US Unemployed 聚焦华盛顿:关注美国失业

Washington Week: Focus on US Unemployed 聚焦华盛顿:关注美国失业 The U.S. Congress gets back to work this week after a holiday break. Whether to restore jobless benefits for more than one million long-term unemployed Americans will be among

VOA标准英语2013--IMF to Revise US Growth Forecast, Sequester Blamed

IMF to Revise US Growth Forecast, Sequester Blamed With across the board budget cuts all but guaranteed, some government agencies already have placed a freeze on hiring. At the Federal Aviation Administration, up to 40 thousand workers expect to see

U.S. economy showing real strength: Obama

WASHINGTON, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy was showing signs of real strength, declared President Barack Obama on Friday after the government released improving unemployment rate report. Our economy is showing signs of real strength, Obama said

VOA常速英语2007年-Georgia's Unemployed Silent About Predicament

By Peter Fedynsky Tbilisi, Georgia 12 December 2007 During recent anti-government demonstrations in Georgia, a pro-government member of parliament expressed surprise that protesters demanded electoral reforms rather than action on a bread-and-butter

VOA标准英语2011--Hundreds of Unemployed Storm Capitol Hill to Meet with Congress

Hundreds of Unemployed Storm Capitol Hill to Meet with Congress Thousands of Occupy Congress activists have decended on Washington this week to press their agenda of jobs and a fair economy for all. The three days of protests and events was kicked of

Warnings of Humanitarian Crisis in Greek Port Town

PERAMA, Greece - Aid workers say the Greek economic crash is causing a humanitarian crisis in one impoverished suburb of the port city of Piraeus. Most of the residents of Perama are unemployed and many are unable to afford basic healthcare or provis

Unemployed Test Work in New Job Fields

More than 12 million Americans are out of work, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Looking for a job similar to the one that was lost can be a frustrating and futile exercise, but an employment program in the northeastern state of New Hampshi