About 23 percent of Americans wanting work can’t find it. Most jobs are temp or part-time low pay ones with no futures.
Center for Economic and Policy Research co-director Dean Baker calls poverty America's "new growth industry." The state of today's America is deplorable. In his latest May 3 analysis, economist John Williams said April "employment and unemployment data were nonsense: the economy remains in serious trouble." About 23 percent of Americans wanting
China, already an economic power in East Asia, is poised for another great leap forward after Beijing announced plans this week to liberalize trade of its currency, the yuan. The decision could, in the long term, spell the demise of the U.S. dollar as the preferred reserve currency of international commerce and trade, a favored […]
China, already an economic power in East Asia, is poised for another great leap forward after Beijing announced plans this week to liberalize trade of its currency, the yuan. The decision could, in the long term, spell the demise of the U.S. dollar as the preferred reserve currency of international commerce and trade, a favored position enjoyed by
U.S. drones have killed a total of 5,164 people so far, according to a congressional report.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus held a recent hearing to discuss the implications of expanding the U.S. drone fleet of 7,000. Among the few critics of drone policies in Congress, members of the Progressive Caucus discussed the large number of civilians who have died as a result of U.S. drone strikes. According to a caucus report, the U.S
Currently, most edible insects are gathered in forests and what insect farming does take place is often family-run and serves niche markets.
The U.N. has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects. The Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday hailed the likes of grasshoppers, ants and other members of the insect world as an underutilized food for people, livestock and pets. A
The mannequin was life-sized, with a mop-like wig and creepy eyes. Sometimes Ariel Castro drove around town with it in the back seat of his car.
The mannequin was life-sized, with a mop-like wig and creepy, slanted eyes. Ariel Castro kept it propped against a wall of his house and liked to use it to scare people. Sometimes he drove around town with it in the back seat of his car. "He threatened me lots of times with it," said Castro's nephew, 26-year-old Angel Caraballo, who was
There is a strange phenomenon that lingers over every North Korean. For the past five decades, an arbitrary determination decides where they will live, what hospitals they will go to if they are sick, if they can go to college, if they can marry and even if they will receive a full serving of food. […]
There is a strange phenomenon that lingers over every North Korean. For the past five decades, an arbitrary determination decides where they will live, what hospitals they will go to if they are sick, if they can go to college, if they can marry and even if they will receive a full serving of food. This de facto caste system has nothing to do with
