The Atlantic: How can we hope to create innovative new products if we can’t build them here?

538: Nate Silver looks at the effect that GDP and the economy will have on the President’s re-election chances. Hint: bad GDP is bad for Obama.

WaPo: Europe is slipping back into a recession.

AP: Chinese spacecraft execute their first in-space docking. Meanwhile, the space shuttle is retired and the United States no longer launches people into space.

NYT: China is seeking $2.4 million in back taxes from dissident Ai Weiwei.

WaPo: Like the United States, China is now facing a crisis of healthcare spending.

NYT: More reaction from China to criticism of their currency manipulation.

WaPo: Effects of the Greek meltdown on the EuroZone.

WSJ: Private sector hiring was up, but not by enough, last month.

WaPo: The long-term unemployed are older than in the past.

WSJ: Consumer confidence remains low, lengthening the recession and recovery.

WaPo: Does the Solyndra bankruptcy mean a coming crisis in clean energy manufacturing?