(Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Chasing the Dream and Next Avenue.) By Richard Eisenberg Getting a job in your 50s or 60s certainly isn’t easy, but new and somewhat surprising employment data suggests that prospects and pay are…
Fresh off a weekend that emphasized a fractured party, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin shifted the focus to food insecurity and ending hunger in the Garden State.
In Wisconsin, "Help Wanted" is on virtually every restaurant window, store front and city bus. With an aging population and few immigrants, the state could have a shortage of 45,000 workers by 2024, which could pose a threat to business.…
Barack Obama once said, “college is the surest ticket to the middle class.” But, as students head back to school, a new report reveals that less than one in five students will make it through the high school to college…
A federal judge recently ruled against Kentucky’s work requirement for Medicaid recipients after it became the first state to impose it. The judge called the mandate “arbitrary and capricious” in a decision that could have an impact on other states…
A growing number of Americans are relying on side jobs or freelance “gigs” for income. And while tech companies such as Uber and AirBnB make this type of independence more accessible, journalist Sarah Kessler writes in her book, “Gigged: The…
By Jenna Flanagan There’s a certain blissful joy that comes from digging into a favorite pint of ice cream, and for me, that’s anything with brownies in it. Now, as an adult, I have to limit my ice cream intake…
Summertime is peak season for Maryland’s prized blue crabs, known for their saltiness and jumbo lumps of meat. But this year, the industry’s mostly migrant workforce was cut by 35 percent. As the Department of Homeland Security processes a record…
More than 220,000 women in the Bronx are living in poverty. Now two powerful organizations are teaming up to help 20,000 girls and women break the cycle.
Balancing budgets can be difficult when child care costs continue to rise.