May
09
2013
The economy is personal. It colors our decisions about everything: when to have kids, what city to move to, who to vote for, who to sleep with. And nobody knows this better than the biggest generation in history: the Millennials. These 80 million Americans have come of age during the worst economic recession since the Depression, an experience that will have profound repercussions on our lives—and our political consciousness.
I call us the Crash Generation. For …
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May
09
2013
Whether we want to or not, we will soon learn many more horrifying things about what the three young women imprisoned and tortured in Cleveland went through. But here is something we already know: It might have been stopped earlier, but for a culture of denial. Charles Ramsey’s now-famous intervention shows some success with decades of cultural messaging that violence can happen in the house next door and you should do something about it. But …
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May
09
2013
(KMOV.com) — More than 20 fast food restaurants in the St. Louis region are expected to strike Thursday pushing for higher wages, better working conditions and a union.
The fast food strikes in St. Louis come after other cities including Chicago and New York have experienced similar strikes.
Two restaurants in St. Louis had employees strike Wednesday.
Rasheen Aldridge and a couple of his co-workers did not report Wednesday for their 11 a.m. shift at the Jimmy John’s …
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May
09
2013
HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI: India could witness large-scale reverse migration in the coming months as the three-month grace period given by the Saudi Arabian government for implementation of the Nitaqat law comes to an end soon.
Over 18,000 Indians have already approached the Indian Embassy in Riyadh seeking an Emergency Certificate (EC) to leave Saudi Arabia amid concerns about possible job losses. The Indian workers have applied for issuance of EC to leave the country as they had …
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May
09
2013
WASHINGTON — The turnout rate of black voters surpassed the rate for whites for the first time on record in 2012, as more black voters went to the polls than in 2008 and fewer whites did, according to a Census Bureau report released Wednesday.
The survey also found that Hispanics and Asians continue to turn out at much lower rates than other groups, and that women turn out at higher rates than men. The increase …
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May
09
2013
Israel has given the go-ahead to build nearly 300 houses in a settlement near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, an army spokesman has said, in a move likely to spark tensions as Washington seeks to restart peace talks.
The army said on Thursday the plan was compensation for Israelis who were evicted last year from another settlement, Ulpana, an unauthorised outpost which was evacuated after a court ruling.
“The Civil Administration has given the green …
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May
09
2013
When the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt faced cancellation this year due to the package of mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration, the National Park Service kicked into high gear. It rescued the event — held since 1878 — with money from “corporate sponsors and the sale of commemorative wooden eggs,” according to the Washington Post.
The nation’s airline passengers also caught a break last month when Congress passed (and President Obama quickly signed) a …
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May
09
2013
The United States has the highest rate of first-day deaths in babies than any other industrialized nation, according to a report released this week by the humanitarian group Save the Children.
Throughout the world, the first day of life is the most hazardous time for a baby; just over one million children die each year within 24 hours of being born.
Save the Children’s annual “State of the World’s Mothers” report ranks 176 countries on levels of …
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May
09
2013
The story of more than a dozen farm workers fired after fleeing smoke from the Springs Fire in Ventura County has turned out to be the story of more than a dozen farm workers who still have a job.
Maybe.
You see, after the story became a headline, the SoCal farm in question said it was all just a big misunderstanding:
It happened during the blaze last week when the strawberry field hands said they fled their workplace …
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May
09
2013
Students taking out government loans for college should pay the same rock-bottom rate as the nation’s biggest banks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposed today.
Her proposal, titled the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, would allow the low-rate loans for one year to give Congress time to figure out a long-term solution to interest rates.
Federal loan rates for new students are set to double on July 1 to 6.8 percent.
Warren said it’s unfair that big banks can …
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