Interactive map: foreclosure, unemployment rates and median household income by county

NPR has an interactive map up detailing the foreclosure rates, unemployment rates, and median household income by county nationwide. You can zoom in by state and find your county and compare it to . . . more

Trouble in the Golden State: End of the California Dream?

A good article in The Guardian's Observer section about the possibility of California becoming America's first failed state - and reasons to hope that this won't happen.