Dec 07 Great Jobs Numbers? U-7 Says It Ain’t Necessarily So Applicants meet potential employers at the Diversity Job Fair on December 6, 2012 in Manhattan, New York City. Hundreds of minorities turned out to seek jobs, a day ahead of the release of monthly national unemployment figures in Washington… Continue reading
Dec 07 It Takes a Village: City Year’s Role in Dropout Prevention Watch: City Year corps member Sara Ross describes what her team does at Broadmoor Middle School and how they make a difference in students' lives. Editor's note: The latest installment of our American Graduate series takes us to Broadmoor… Continue reading
Dec 07 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro The Festival of Lights takes place in Lyon, France, on Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 06 Gwen’s Take: What You Didn’t Know About Election 2012 I consider myself a voracious consumer of information. This was true during the 2012 presidential campaign, and it remains true today. This week, one month after the end of a close election, we learned that, in Ohio, President Obama beat… Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch Battleground Dispatches: Norfolk Readies for Future Storms, Sea Level Rise Battleground Dispatches: Norfolk Readies for Future Storms, Sea Level Rise… Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch An Argument Against Seeking Fiscal Fix in Cuts to Medicare and Social Security An Argument Against Seeking Fiscal Fix in Cuts to Medicare and Social Security… Continue watching
Dec 06 Why ‘Mastering’ the Basics of Why We Go to School Matters Editor's note: The latest installment of our American Graduate series takes us to Broadmoor Middle School in Baton Rouge, La., a school that is using data to improve student attendance, behavior and class performance. Watch the report here. Continue reading
Dec 06 How the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Could Impact Health Care By mcarey The impending "fiscal cliff" is a package of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to kick in next month unless President Barack Obama and Capitol Hill agree on a way to stop them. Negotiations to avert the cuts are… Continue reading
Dec 06 My Words Are Your Bonds, But Should You Keep Buying Them? By Paul Solman There are some sobering realities to consider when betting on bonds. Photo by Cultura/Liam Norris via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is… Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch A Musician of His ‘Time’: Remembering Jazz Great David Brubeck A Musician of His 'Time': Remembering Jazz Great David Brubeck… Continue watching