Aug 16 Europe's Stuttering Economy With the eurozone in such obvious economic turmoil, we turn to former chief IMF economist and longtime friend and favorite of Making Sen$e, Simon Johnson (Peterson Institute, MIT). We asked him a series of pressing questions: Paul Solman:… Continue reading
Jul 13 California Prisoners, Politicians Ponder Impact of Supreme Court Ruling By Spencer Michels California Men's Colony; Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr.com/javan Prisoners probably pay more attention to the news - at least some of the news -than many of the rest of us. They have a lot of time on their hands. Continue reading
Jun 27 Supreme Court: Calif. Can't Ban Sale of Violent Games to Minors By Beat Beat In a 7-2 decision Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that California's ban the sale of violent video games to minors was unconstitutional. Continue reading
Jun 20 Supreme Court Blocks Class-Action Gender Bias Suit Against Wal-Mart By Maureen Hoch The Supreme Court has ruled to block a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart stores. Continue reading
Jun 16 Report Reveals Social Media's Aging Audience A new study by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project found that the audience for top social media services has grown older in just a couple of years. Continue reading
May 26 Supreme Court Upholds Ariz. Law on Employing Illegal Immigrants By News Desk Updated 1:25 pm. EDT | The Supreme Court has upheld a 2007 Arizona law that targets businesses that hire illegal immigrants. The court's 5-3 ruling means that states have leeway to punish employers and, by implication, not infringe on federal… Continue reading
May 23 Marcia Coyle: 'It's Homestretch Time at the Supreme Court' By Elizabeth Summers Supreme Court (Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images) Monday's sharply divided ruling ordering California to release tens of thousands of inmates from its overcrowded prisons was just one of several widely-anticipated decisions the Supreme Court is expected to issue… Continue reading
May 23 Watch Divided Supreme Court Orders California to Ease Prison Overcrowding The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday that the living conditions in overcrowded California prisons threatened inmates' health and violated constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment. Ray Suarez discusses the outcome with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle, who was… Continue watching
May 09 The Drudge Report Drives More Top News Traffic than Twitter or Facebook, Study Finds The Drudge Report outranks social media when it comes to driving news traffic to top Web sites, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. In a comprehensive examination of online traffic… Continue reading
Apr 26 Supreme Court Considers Prescription Privacy Case By glatkinson Should states be allowed to impose restrictions on drug companies that use purchased private prescription information to market their products? The case of Sorrell v. IMS Health puts that question before the Supreme Court Tuesday. At a time when the… Continue reading