Forgotten Tragedy, World Bank's Ambitious Goal, Fiscal Cliff Shocker And More

April 22, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Last Week's Forgotten Tragedy WASHINGTON -- The staggering death toll continues to rise -- not in Boston, but in the small town of West, Texas. Buried by the extraordinary developments in the marathon bombing case, the confirmed deaths of at least 14 people and the injuries of 200 more have been all but lost in the breaking terrorism news. But about 1,800 miles from Boston, rescuers and investigators are sorting through the wreckage of the devastating industrial disaster. Continue reading... World Bank Sets 'Expiration Date' For Extreme Poverty Rejecting Medicaid Expansion Could Leave Poor Uninsured Even As Lawful Immigrants Get Aid Fiscal Cliff Had No Effect On Employment, U.S. Businesses Say Texas Fertilizer Plant Kept Quiet About Huge Stores Of Explosive Substance Donations Exceed $360,000 For Boston Marathon Bombing Hero Dollar Menu Fail The 19 Most Stoner Product Ideas Of All Time This Week's Forgotten Tragedy States With The Most Gun Violence Texas Fertilizer Plant Kept Quiet About Huge Stores Of Explosive Substance Donations Exceed $360,000 For Boston Marathon Bombing Hero JARED BERNSTEIN Getting Back to Full Employment Getting back to full employment -- not debt, deficits, sequester, debt ceilings -- is what we ought to be talking about. I'm happy to say, in fact, that in my travels outside this benighted town, it's the question I get asked most often ("Why isn't Washington doing anything about jobs!!??"). Continue reading... DON MCNAY Life Lessons About Money and Happiness When you think about it, almost all of us have our own "lotto moment." We make decisions about money that will either give us long-term security and happiness or bring on pain and regret. Continue reading... ADAM LEVIN OCC Ya! The Government Agency That Should Fine Itself Let's face it. The biggest bank regulator in the U.S. is an abject failure. Worse, it's costing us oodles of money, and not just from bounced checks. Continue reading... DAVID COATES The Forgotten Jobs Crisis Unemployment and job insecurity are now becoming defining features of middle-class life in suburban America -- and as they become so, they are turning the American Dream into the American Nightmare for more and more Americans. Continue reading... MICHAEL PENTO Gold Reveals Global Economy on Thin Ice Explanations for this gold selloff abound everywhere and nearly all of them are inane and incorrect. What gold is really telling us is that the global economy is on very thin ice. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003