Nov 02 Jobs Up, U-7 Down, Jack Welch Silent (Thus Far) A job seeker reviews listings in the Job Finder at the Rigzone Oil & Gas Career Fair in San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images. At the risk of incurring Jack Welch's wrath, I am obliged… Continue reading
Nov 01 In Maine, Bath Salts Blamed for Rising Child Neglect State officials in Maine are blaming a sharp rise in the number of children entering state custody on bath salts, a dangerous class of synthetic drugs. An additional 200 children entered the state's foster care system due… Continue reading
Nov 01 Commentary: Why the Electoral College System Makes Little Sense Today Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, center, carries a ballot box containing the 12 Massachusetts electoral votes for Vice President Al Gore during the Electoral College voting at the Statehouse Dec. 18, 2000, in Boston. Is the Electoral College system outdated?… Continue reading
Nov 01 Are You an Older Worker? Know Older Workers? Let Us Know Mary Brassard, 86, Dorrace Delaney, 74, and Roger Huff, 68, work at Vita Needle in Needham, a manufacturing company whose average age of worker is 74. Photo by Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. By Elizabeth Shell The… Continue reading
Nov 01 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Nov 01 An Economist Argues the Virtues of Free Trade Photo by PublicAffairs Publishing. On Oct.16, 2012, the NewsHour interviewed Donald Bartlett and James Steele on their latest book, "The Betrayal of the American Dream". Here is a critique and question from viewer Gary Todd about this… Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch Supreme Court Devotes Day to Hear Cases on Drug-Sniffing Dogs and Privacy Rights Supreme Court Devotes Day to Hear Cases on Drug-Sniffing Dogs and Privacy Rights… Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch Apple and Google Compete to Build, Maintain More Perfect Digital Mapping System Seeing the World in a Different Way Through Digital Maps… Continue watching
Oct 31 Paper Maps vs. Digital Maps EmbedVideo(4855, 482, 304); Hundreds of years ago, map makers mistakenly represented California as an island off the west coast of North America. Today's digital cartographers wouldn't dream of making such a huge mistake, but they're not perfect either. Continue reading
Oct 31 I Own Stock but I'm No Fat Cat Image by Key Wilde 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 Wednesday's query: George White: Some people would have us believe… Continue reading