Monika Bauerlein,
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Dear Reader,
December is make-or-break for Mother Jones’ fundraising. We have a $350,000 goal that we simply cannot afford to miss. And in "No Cute Headlines or Manipulative BS," we explain, as matter-of-fact as we can, how being a nonprofit means everything to us. Bottom line: Donations big and small make up 74 percent of our budget this year and are urgently needed this month, and all online gifts will be matched and go twice as far until we hit our goal. Please pitch in if you can right now.
December is make-or-break for Mother Jones’ fundraising, and in "No Cute Headlines or Manipulative BS," we hope that giving it to you as matter-of-fact as we can will work to raise the $350,000 we need to raise this month. Donations make up 74 percent of our budget this year, and all online gifts will be matched and go twice as far until we hit our goal.
The American economy gained 661,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate declined from 8.4 percent to 7.9 percent. Obviously this performance can’t be judged by our usual standards, but when you put it on a chart it’s obvious that we’re no longer making up very many of the jobs lost in March and April:
Unsurprisingly, earnings were flat. In fact, accounting for inflation, earnings fell about 1 percent. I’ll have more details later in the morning.
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