Nation Aug 06 Debate over voter ID laws marks 50th anniversary of Voting Rights Act On Tuesday, August 5, the day before the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a U.S. appeals court struck down a Texas voter ID law, finding it discriminatory and in direct violation of the landmark civil rights legislation.
Economy Aug 06 How a grocery store job turned this former inmate’s life around While reporting on a chain of successful, family-owned supermarkets in Philadelphia food deserts, economics correspondent Paul Solman met ex-offender Anthony Jackson who discussed his path from prison to frozen food manager.
Economy Jul 30 One key economic factor is forcing millennials to move back home With lower incomes and higher debts, more millennials are saving money by moving back home to Mom and Dad’s.
Economy Jul 18 Is China manipulating its currency? The Big Mac Index says yes The Economist came out with their annual index of McDonald’s Big Mac, priced in different currencies. The index is a light-hearted measurement of “whether currencies are at their ‘correct’ level.”…
Economy Jul 03 U.S. has a lousy work-life balance While the U.S. ranks high in housing, income and wealth, it ranks abysmally low on work-life balance—29th among the 36 advanced nations surveyed.
Economy Jul 03 Obama’s overtime proposal explained and why it matters President Obama's overtime proposal nearly doubles the overtime salary threshold under which all workers must receive time and a half.
Economy Jul 02 June’s unemployment dip means more Americans leaving the workforce The numbers are in for June. The U.S. added 223,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dropped two tenths of a percent to rest at 5.3 percent. So why does economy still feel sluggish?…
Economy Jun 18 New $10 bill will be the first in more than a century to feature a woman “The new ten will be the first bill in more than a century to feature a portrait of a woman,” Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew announced Wednesday. Yes, that’s right. The United States will soon have a woman on its…
Nation Jun 17 Move over Alexander Hamilton, the next $10 bill will feature a woman The last woman featured on paper U.S. currency was Martha Washington back in 1891. She remained on the one dollar bill until 1896. Before that, Pocahontas graced the 20 dollar bill for a mere four years from 1865 to 1869.
Making Sen$e Jun 05 Jobs up, joblessness up: How can that be? One explanation The U.S. added 280,000 jobs in May, while the unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percent to settle at 5.5 percent. How do we reconcile May's numbers?…