Boston Trains Women To Negotiate In An Effort To Close Wage Gap
In Boston, organizations are training women to better negotiate their salaries, in order to close the wage gap that has persisted over time.
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More Older Americans Than Ever Are Struggling with Student Debt
The nation's $1.4 trillion student debt burden doesn't just fall on young graduates -- it's affecting older Americans, too. The number of people age 60 and older with student loans has quadrupled in the last 10 years. PBS NewsHour Weekend's…
Detroit’s Tiny Houses Give Residents a Home To Rebuild Their Lives
Tiny houses have become trendy in recent years, as people trade in traditional consumer lifestyles for a simpler option -- a living space that’s no more than 400 square feet. But in Detroit, these diminutive dwellings have a lofty goal:…
Hunger a Persistent Problem As Republicans Mull SNAP Cuts
Spending on social welfare programs like SNAP, also known as food stamps, would be dramatically cut under the White House budget unveiled in May. In Arkansas, a state that mirrors the national picture, 14 percent of the population was on…
How Youngstown, OH Plans to Overcome Decades of Decline
Youngstown, Ohio is an upper-midwest city that has come to symbolize the nation’s distress of deindustrialization with high unemployment and crime rates. But after decades of decline, the city has plans to rebuild, remove blight and attract employers. On issues…
Oh SNAP! Cuts to Food Stamp Program Coming Soon
By Hazel Gurland For millions of people across the nation, food insecurity is a reality faced every day. These men, women, and children eat cheaper, less nutritious foods and often skip meals. Much-needed relief has been offered to the approximately…
Disparity in Life Spans of the Rich and Poor is Growing
Research has long established that wealthy people tend to live longer than the poor, but despite advances that economic ladder has been widening. Dr. Lisa Berkman, of Harvard's Center for Population and Development Studies, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss. This…
The Bipartisan Idea That Gives a Tax Boost to Childless Workers
A group of low-income workers in New York City are getting a larger tax refund this year. It’s part of an experiment to see what would happen if the lawmakers expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit, a four-decade-old program with…
What Do the GOP Candidates Have To Say About Poverty in America?
Six Republican presidential candidates met in Columbia, S.C. on Saturday to discuss an issue more closely associated with the party of F.D.R. and L.B.J. -- poverty. The forum was moderated by Sen. Tim Scott and House Speaker Paul Ryan, who…
Country’s Oldest Voluntary School Desegregation Program Grows in Rochester, New York
The Urban-Suburban program in Rochester, New York, has given minority children the opportunity to attend schools in the suburbs that have a far larger population of white students. The program is growing, but questions still remain remain about whether the…