Oct 14 Poll: Half of older workers delay retirement plans Flickr user SalFalko CHICAGO -- Stung by a recession that sapped investments and home values, but expressing widespread job satisfaction, older Americans appear to have accepted the reality of a retirement that comes later in life and no longer represents… Continue reading
Oct 14 Obama, Biden to meet with Congressional leaders Monday afternoon A White House official told reporters that President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will huddle with the top Congressional leaders at 3 p.m. Monday. The official's statement:… Continue reading
Oct 14 #ColumbusDay Working on Columbus Day? It depends on where you live http://t.co/EVszmCCSU0 http://t.co/3mXKMPMvH4 pic.twitter.com/vjR6MdOPQT— PewResearch FactTank (@FactTank) October 14, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 14 AP: Tiny Social Security hike squeezes seniors, vets Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images AP -- Another year, another small raise for millions of people who rely on Social Security, veterans' benefits and federal pensions. Preliminary figures suggest next year's benefit increase will be roughly 1.5… Continue reading
Oct 14 Younger students to take typing classes as keyboards become ubiquitous Creative commons photo of a fourth grade class practicing their typing courtesy flickr user woodleywonderworks. A class that for decades was generally part of the middle school experience is now more frequently being taught in elementary classrooms. Continue reading
Oct 14 What we're watching Monday Good morning. As the shutdown enters its 14th day and many of the country's schools are observing the federal holiday, these are some of the stories we're keeping an eye on. Senate leaders are still searching… Continue reading
Oct 13 Art in exile: From Tehran to Brooklyn .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Nicky Nodjoumi's artwork walks a… Continue reading
Oct 12 The 12 Days of Shutdown On the first day of shutdown my government gave to me: furlough for fed employees. On the second day of shutdown my government gave to me: a closed Yosemite and furlough for fed employees. Continue reading
Oct 12 Art in exile: Nicky Nodjoumi from Tehran to Brooklyn By Kristin Miller Nicky Nodjoumi’s artwork walks a fine line between art and politics. After the ousting of the Shah in 1979, the new Khomeini regime began strictly regulating artistic expression. Nodjoumi was exiled after a Tehrab exhibition in 1980."They saw the show… Continue reading
Oct 12 Who are the Uighurs? Men at a local Kashgar chai house watch a Pakistani film dubbed in Uighur. Credit: Eleanor Moseman In May of 2010, photographer Eleanor Moseman embarked on a bicycling trip from her then-home in Shanghai, China with no clear… Continue reading