A teenager who made the most of her middle school moment. I am incredibly proud of your accomplishments. Oh, miss miller youre gonna make me cry narrator two powerful stories. One exclusive hour of frontline. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. And Additional Support from susan hunter and Douglas Watson and the orfalea foundation. Caleb. Caleb.
A teenager who made the most of her middle school moment. I am incredibly proud of your accomplishments. Oh, miss miller youre gonna make me cry narrator two powerful stories. One exclusive hour of frontline. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. And Additional Support from susan hunter and Douglas Watson and the orfalea foundation. Caleb. Caleb.
I am incredibly proud of your accomplishments. Oh, miss miller youre gonna make me cry narrator two powerful stories. One exclusive hour of frontline. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. And Additional Support from susan hunter and Douglas Watson and the orfalea foundation. Caleb. Caleb. Come on, get up. Narrator Nikki Dangerfield is a single mo
Unemployment figures. They show a fix year low in the number of people applying for one employment blown fits. Benefits. The Labor Department is reporting an average of 200,000 new jobs from august to october. The Employment Firm says employers announced fewer layoffs last month. But that leaves an important decision ahead for congress if law macerlawmakers dont act son 1. 3 Million People could lose their Unemployment Insurance in 23 days. Libby casey joinin joins us livm capital. Capitol hill. What is on the table. Leader pelosi i is holding a hearing today to raise concern. The democrats are raising the charge to get longterm Unemployment Benefits extended. They run out december 28 them. They werthe benefits were instia year and a half ago. They are trying to drum up interest and support for this. Wthey talked about it on the house floor. Up to 1. 6 million americans are out of work or will be out of work because of these mindless cuts. And we are pu further cutting or safety net. H
The u. S. Economy is growing but today president obama said the income gap between rich and poor americans is growing, too, and hes calling on washington to address the problem. A dangerous and growing inequality of upward mobility that jeopardy disease americas basic bargain, if you work hard you have a chance to get ahead. I believe this is the defining challenge of our time. Making sure that our economy works for every working everyone. Oonjonathan betz is here wita breakdown. The rich is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer, we hear it all the time, but what does it mean . Last years Median Income is 51,000 but thats down from the year before. And its down if you adjust for inflation. Almost all the money being made is going to the very rich. The income of the top 1 of the population grew by close to 51 . Money is being made, but only for about 1. 5 Million People. Yet for everyone else, 99 of the pop laying, their salaries have barely moved in four years. Less than 1 . Th