Oct 02 Farmers markets are everywhere. But do laborers see benefits? By Kamala Kelkar As farmers markets and the organic food movement boom, farm workers continue to be some of the most disadvantaged in the country. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 5:20 FAFSA makes changes, hoping more students will utilize funds By PBS News Hour Federal financial aid for college is often underutilized due to the complexity of required paperwork; however, 90% of students who do complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) enroll in school. This year, the FAFSA is being streamlined… Continue watching
Sep 30 Column: What’s missing in our economy? Inflation By Vikram Mansharamani Quantitative easing and other unconventional policies should have produced extraordinary inflation, quite possibly even hyperinflation. So what's going on?… Continue reading
Sep 30 Income is surpassing growth in 49 states. What does that mean for the economy? By Tim Henderson, Stateline The sharp gain in median household income last year may also signal a turning point in the decades-old disconnect between middle-class earnings and overall economic growth. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 8:45 Why seeing Trump’s tax returns really matters By PBS News Hour Having declined to release his tax returns, Donald Trump made an offhand remark at the first presidential debate that made people wonder if the real estate tycoon pays any tax at all. But that’s just one part of the equation. Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 56:49 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 29, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, a New Jersey commuter train crashes into the station in Hoboken, causing at least one death. Also: How the candidates are taking advantage of early voting, the changing lives of Afghan women, making sense of Donald… Continue watching
Sep 29 Wells Fargo CEO faces lawmakers, apologizes again By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press Wells Fargo's CEO, newly stripped of tens of millions in compensation, will face lawmakers with more defenses than he had in the last round. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 7:49 For African-American female entrepreneurs, funding challenges call for creative bootstrapping By PBS News Hour The fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. is African-American women. But minority-owned businesses often face greater challenges getting funding. The NewsHour’s April Brown profiles two women who have bucked the stereotypes and gotten resourceful to launch their ventures. Continue watching
Sep 28 How do the Affordable Care Act and Medicare interact? By Philip Moeller By design, state health exchanges and Medicare are not supposed to work together. Continue reading
Sep 28 After the recession, entrepreneurs are on the rebound, study says By Laura Santhanam Men still vastly outnumber women 10-to-1 across industrialized nations, according to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Continue reading