Aug 10 What happens to developmentally disabled as parents age, die? By Jen Fifield, Stateline About 860,000 people over 60 years old nationwide are caring for someone with intellectual or developmental disabilities in their home. Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch 7:17 What one assistant principal learned from shadowing a student for a day By PBS News Hour Karen Ritter, an assistant principal at a high school just outside of Chicago, wanted to see her school through a student’s eyes. So she decided to follow 9th grader Alan Garcia, who came to her asking to be switched out… Continue watching
Aug 09 Ask the Headhunter: Job interviewers shouldn’t be asking for your salary. Here’s why By Nick Corcodilos When employers demand to know your salary, it’s usually for just one reason: to low-ball any offer they make you. Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch 8:19 In a fluctuating race, will Donald Trump’s reset succeed? By PBS News Hour In light of his dip in the polls last week, Donald Trump attempted to reset his campaign on Monday by talking about economic policy. Meanwhile, both candidates have taken to questioning each other’s mental health, and a new competitor is… Continue watching
Aug 08 AP fact check: How does Donald Trump’s economic plan hold up? By Associated Press In his centerpiece speech on the economy, Donald Trump wrongly accused Hillary Clinton of wanting to increase middle-class taxes and blamed America's crumbling roads and bridges in part on the money spent on refugees, a minuscule expense in comparison with… Continue reading
Aug 07 Muslim veterans lead NYC parade of immigrants celebrating their ‘hyphen’ By Omar Etman New Yorkers from more than 80 countries marched through downtown Brooklyn on Sunday in solidarity with Muslim-American veterans. Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch 4:20 How the Green Party plans to compete in 2016 By PBS News Hour The RealClearPolitics National Average of polls for the general election has Green Party candidate Jill Stein in fourth place with just four percent support. But that isn’t preventing her party from trying to have an impact in November. For more,… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Concerns grow as fentanyl fuels rise in opioid overdose deaths By PBS News Hour According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, overdose deaths involving prescription opioids have quadrupled since 1999. But amid growing concern over the country’s problem with heroin and prescription opioids, a lesser-known drug in that same group is just… Continue watching
Aug 06 Feds approve controversial plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes to fight Zika By Kamala Kelkar As the Zika virus continued to spread in Florida, federal officials on Friday approved a plan to release millions of mutant mosquitoes there in hopes they can suppress the disease-carrying insect’s population. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 2:53 Calling Trump ‘dangerous,’ former CIA director endorses Clinton By PBS News Hour In the past week, Hillary Clinton has surged to a lead in national polls. But on Friday, while speaking to a group of black and Hispanic journalists, she acknowledged that many Americans still do not trust her. Meanwhile, former CIA… Continue watching