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The unemployment number officially hit double digits recently, though the actual truth is that it's been in double digits for a while. The Nation's John Nichols , author of Tragedy OB MANOS!: The Rise of a New Political Era , collects his essays on the Obama generation and the way the campaign changed politics. A year into the administration, Hertzberg is still hopeful, though like many progressives he offers criticisms of the way the health care reform fight and others have been conducted.In Maine, advocates of marriage equality suffered a setback in this past election, where voters overturned a decision by the state legislature to legalize gay marriage. Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll of New Left Media brought us an inside look at the No On One campaign, from get-out-the-vote training to a rally and candlelight vigil the night before election day. Watch for Part 2 tomorrow!Though the Bush administration and many other insiders claimed that no one could've seen the financial collapse coming, construction workers, whose own pension funds were invested in these companies, knew that there was a housing bubble and feared for their own retirement money. We have video from the Huffington Post Investigative Fund that takes a look at the rating agencies and their future.16 workers a day die from work-related injuries, according to this latest video from Brave New Films.

Mortgage rating agencies Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch were responsible for rating nearly all the investments that went bad, causing last year's financial collapse. Securities from AIG and Lehman Brothers were rated double and triple A--the highest ratings possible--right before the bottom fell out. Though the Bush administration and many other insiders claimed that no one could've seen the collapse coming, construction workers, whose own pension funds were invested in these companies, knew that there was a housing bubble and feared for their own retirement money. This video from the Huffington Post Investigative Fund takes a look at the rating agencies and their future.

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March 15, 2009 Bernanke Fed Chairman Discusses Recession, Financial Rescues And Recovery In Wide-Ranging 60 Minutes Interview Scott Pelley

The cast rips the top 8 headlines out of the news and presents a wide range of commentary and opinions in a nutshell. Cast:Walt Frasier, Laurice Fattal, Keisha Zollar, Spero Chumas, Roseanne Almanzar, Chris Smalley, David Ingber, Daryl Ray Carliles, Caitlin Sams, Jeff Nathan, Rob King Directed by Keisha Zollar and Laurice Fattal. Produced by SGF Productions, LLC