Obama in China. Healthcare crunch time in the Senate. And the mammogram controversy rages on. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Nearly one in ten Americans are out of work. How long can that last? And how can we live with it?

When jobs and hours are cut, who takes the hit? Everybody? A bloodied few? We look at ethics and hard choices in a time of job loss.

The class of 2009. They’ve got degrees, lots of enthusiasm, but few have found jobs. We’ll hear from them and experts on what the future holds.

The New York Times’ David Leonhardt on the economy. The Washington Post’s Perry Bacon on politics. And Jack Beatty on it all.

We’re heading into the woods to look at logging today and Jack McEnany’s new book “Brush Cat.”

Living “Plan B.” We’ll hear from a roundtable of Americans about setbacks — new jobs, maybe whole new careers — and how they’re faring.

Thousands of new layoffs across the country this week, adding to the millions of jobs already lost to recession. We’ll talk with Americans around the country about life without work.

Unemployment is rising fast, and America’s social safety net isn’t what it used to be. We talk about surviving the new economic reality.