• The benefits of a 4-day workweek, according to employers

    The benefits of a 4-day workweek, according to employers

    Apr 18, 2024 10:20 PM EDT

    Paul Solman: Hey, Bernie Sanders thinks so. He recently introduced a Senate bill to reduce the standard workweek to 32 hours. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT): The sad reality is Americans now work more hours than the people of any other wealthy nation. Paul Solman: Now, look, a shorter workweek ...

  • Child care costs are about to start dropping for families that need the most help

    Child care costs are about to start dropping for families that need the most help

    Apr 14, 2024 07:30 PM EDT

    Pandemic-era funding is the reason both of her centers are still open, especially the shift to enrollment-based billing, Farias said. “It was almost traumatizing imagining going back.” For her business, the new rule “is going to change everything,” she said. She’ll be able to better serve more ...

  • Environmentalists protest Biden administration approval of huge oil export terminal off Texas coast

    Environmentalists protest Biden administration approval of huge oil export terminal off Texas coast

    Apr 11, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    ... to the oil industry the next. It’s time for President Biden to listen to the overwhelming majority of voters who want to see a shift away from fossil fuels, not a doubling down on dirty and deadly energy projects.'' DiPaola was referring to the administration's January announcement that ...

  • Carbon dioxide, methane levels in the atmosphere hit record highs last year

    Carbon dioxide, methane levels in the atmosphere hit record highs last year

    Apr 08, 2024 05:10 PM EDT

    ... atmosphere, comes from agriculture, burning of fuels, manure and industrial processes, according to the EPA. “As these numbers show we still have a lot of work to do to make meaningful progress in reducing the amount of greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere,” NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory Director Vanda Grubisic ...

  • Can women's college basketball sustain its historic rise in viewership?

    Can women's college basketball sustain its historic rise in viewership?

    Apr 03, 2024 10:20 PM EDT

    John Yang: And beyond college basketball, are we seeing this shift in women's professional soccer and in other sports? Is it too early to say that we sort of crossed a threshold now? Nicole Auerbach: I think we have crossed a threshold. I mean, I noticed it anecdotally among ...

  • House Republicans invite President Biden to testify at public hearing as impeachment inquiry stalls

    House Republicans invite President Biden to testify at public hearing as impeachment inquiry stalls

    Mar 28, 2024 09:46 PM EDT

    ... to go forward with an actual impeachment. Nonetheless, leaders of the effort, including Comer are facing growing political pressure to deliver something after months of work investigating the Biden family and its web of international business transactions. The White House has repeatedly called the inquiry baseless, telling Republicans to “move ...

  • International team of doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

    International team of doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

    Mar 28, 2024 05:59 PM EDT

    “I spend most of my time here resuscitating children,” Haj-Hassan said after a recent shift. “What does that tell you about every other hospital in the Gaza Strip?” A different team of international doctors working at Al-Aqsa Martyrs in January stayed at a nearby guesthouse. But because ...

  • Immigrant workers face routine injuries, lack of protections on U.S. dairy farms

    Immigrant workers face routine injuries, lack of protections on U.S. dairy farms

    Mar 23, 2024 09:35 PM EDT

    ... what sort of an average day is like for these workers? Melissa Sanchez: The days are pretty wild. One thing to know is that workers work 60 to 80 hours a week kind of on a regular basis. And the shifts are scattered. They might start a shift from 4 ...

  • White House adviser discusses Biden's plans to counter spiking cost of housing

    White House adviser discusses Biden's plans to counter spiking cost of housing

    Mar 19, 2024 10:35 PM EDT

    ... stock. And the president talked about it in the State of the Union. There's a $20 billion proposal in the president's budget to work with state, local authorities, and other key stakeholders to build more affordable housing. We need more supply. There are already 1.7 million homes ...

  • The NYPD is using social media to target critics

    The NYPD is using social media to target critics

    Mar 08, 2024 11:19 PM EDT

    ... a concerted effort by the nation’s largest police force to engage the public and influence policy through a more aggressive online presence. The strategic shift has brought criticism from former NYPD officials and civil liberties groups who say police leaders shouldn’t use public resources to advance their own ...