Maryland Offers Glimpse At Obamacare Insurance Math

In the latest preview of prices for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, Maryland’s dominant insurer says proposed premiums for new policies for individuals will rise by 25 percent on average next year. That’s lower than what some had predicted. Just three weeks ago, the insurer, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, had been looking at a […]

Jay Hancock
By Jay Hancock

In the latest preview of prices for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, Maryland’s dominant insurer says proposed premiums for new policies for individuals will rise by 25 percent on average next year. That’s lower than what some had predicted. Just three weeks ago, the insurer, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, had been looking at a

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6 Million Unemployed: Spain’s Jobless Rate Climbs As Austerity Continues

MADRID — With over 6 million unemployed for the first time ever, Spain’s jobless rate shot up to a record 27.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013, the National Statistics Institute said Thursday, in another grim picture of the recession-wracked country. The agency said the number of people unemployed rose by 237,400 people in […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

MADRID — With over 6 million unemployed for the first time ever, Spain's jobless rate shot up to a record 27.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013, the National Statistics Institute said Thursday, in another grim picture of the recession-wracked country. The agency said the number of people unemployed rose by 237,400 people in the first three

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Risking Life And Limb: Stories Of Undocumented Workers In The US

MINNEAPOLIS – “You cannot get a job. Maybe six or seven years ago you could get a cash job, now it is much harder. The situation of immigrants is a violation of basic human rights,” Manuel Fernandez, an immigrant from Central America, told Mint Press News. Like millions of undocumented immigrants or those with limited […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

MINNEAPOLIS - “You cannot get a job. Maybe six or seven years ago you could get a cash job, now it is much harder. The situation of immigrants is a violation of basic human rights,” Manuel Fernandez, an immigrant from Central America, told Mint Press News. Like millions of undocumented immigrants or those with limited documentation, the ongoing

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Poll: Aging US In Denial About Long-Term Care Need

We’re in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of aging, and found two-thirds say they’ve done little to no planning. In […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of aging, and found two-thirds say they've done little to no planning. In fact, 3 in 10 would rather

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Oil Industry Eyes Famous George Washington National Forest For Fracking

The U.S. Forest Service is considering opening the 1.1 million acres of Virginia’s George Washington National Forest to the oil industry 120 years after committing to protect it.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

When the National Forest System was established in 1891 through the Land Revision Act, a motivating factor was the protection from the mining industry. Now, more than 120 years down the road, the U.S. Forest Service is considering opening that very land to the oil industry for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), an invasive chemically-induced method

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ACLU Files Complaint Against Detroit’s Unlawful Removal Of The Homeless

Charles E. is a 58-year-old man. In March 2012, two Detroit police officers stopped him and his brother without rationale, yelling at them to “shut up” when they asked why were they stopped. The officers drove the two brothers from Lafayette Street in downtown Detroit to Buchanan Street in the southwest part of the city, […]

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

Charles E. is a 58-year-old man. In March 2012, two Detroit police officers stopped him and his brother without rationale, yelling at them to "shut up" when they asked why were they stopped. The officers drove the two brothers from Lafayette Street in downtown Detroit to Buchanan Street in the southwest part of the city, where the police abandoned

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