Oct 04 U.S. service member killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. military says a U.S. commando has been killed in Afghanistan after being hit by a roadside bomb while on patrol with Afghan forces in a northeastern province bordering Pakistan. Continue reading
Oct 04 Short on cash, cities and states consider taxing nonprofits By Elaine S. Povich, Stateline NEW HAVEN, Conn. — When New Haven Mayor Toni Harp gazes out her office windows, she can see across the street to Yale University’s idyllic buildings and grounds — none of which are on her city’s property tax rolls. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 53:23 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 3, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump faces a new wave of controversy about his taxes, charity organization and treatment of women. Also: Colombia votes against a FARC peace deal, how ISIS could lose its last urban base in Iraq, the… Continue watching
Oct 03 Many U.S. teachers can't afford to buy a house By Madeline Will, Education Week The median income for a high school teacher is $56,882, making home ownership possible in only 62 percent of metro areas nationwide. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 25:02 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 2, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 2, revelations about presidential candidate Donald Trump’s tax history show that a business loss of $916 million in 1995 may have allowed him to not pay federal income taxes for years. Later, a look… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 9:57 Full interview: Can DNA tests help repair social ruptures from transatlantic slavery? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 9:31 How a shifting Latino vote in Florida could influence the election By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green Continue watching
Oct 02 Here's how the Trump and Clinton tax plans would work By Christopher S. Rugaber and Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Tax plans for the two candidates remain far apart. Here are summaries of their proposals. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 5:39 What do three pages of Trump tax returns show us? By PBS News Hour On Saturday night, The New York Times published an analysis of several pages of Donald Trump’s 1995 tax return, where he declared business losses so large he may have avoided paying federal taxes for years. Trump is the first major… Continue watching
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