Things aren’t getting much better for the gap between America’s rich and poor: a new study reveals that inequality within…
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By BENJAMIN CLEMENT The thing American politicians like about a free market is that it allows them to be lazy.…
The US Navy has announced that 151 sailors have been prohibited from working as sexual assault counselors, among other sensitive…
By Michael Rundle Almost half of all jobs could be automated by computers within two decades and “no government is…
The US National Security Agency has hundreds of teens and college students on its payroll, thanks to a recruiting effort…
By Andrea Elliott She wakes to the sound of breathing. The smaller children lie tangled beside her, their chests rising…
Independent police watchdog fingers police officers across the country for allegedly providing information on workers for a blacklist of over…
By Craig Whitlock The Pentagon will recall most of its furloughed civilian workers in the coming days, Defense Secretary Chuck…
By Diane Petryk-Bloom Imagine. While some of us are working to curtail fracking, assure GMO labeling, promote various green and…
With the threat of a federal government shutdown hanging over the US economy, here is a handy list of the…
Fuel duty will be frozen until 2015 if the money is available, George Osborne has pledged as he addressed the…
By Nancy Kaffer The city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in federal court Thursday, laying the groundwork…
By Jane Slaughter Many people know NAFTA has cost U.S. workers 700,000 jobs. But how many know another effect was…
President Barack Obama didn’t attend The Rolling Stones concert in Washington, DC Monday night, but lead singer Mick Jagger said…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc has in recent months been only hiring temporary workers at many of its U.S. stores, the first…
By Eric Zuessea The lead research economist at the World Bank, Branko Milanovic, will be reporting soon, in the journal…
Like many Americans who move to the suburbs, Tara Simons came to West Hartford, Conn., because she wanted her daughter…
The United States is roughly $17 trillion in debt, but President Barack Obama says there’s no reason to worry. Speaking…