Half A Century Later: March on Washington
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Obama Vows to Shame Colleges Into Keeping Costs Down
From NYT: Deploring the rising costs of a college education, President Obama vowed on Thursday to try to shame universities into holding their prices down and to eventually use federal student aid as leverage in that effort. Speaking at the University at Buffalo, where tuition and fees now total about…
WebMD Launches An Online Guide To Teach Americans About Obamacare
From ThinkProgress: Confused about Obamacare? Want to know more about your insurance options before open enrollment in October? Don’t even know what “open enrollment” means? The largest online health website in the country, WebMD, wants to help answer your questions. WedMD on Tuesday announced that it is launching a comprehensive…
80 Percent of Americans Support Raising the Minimum Wage
From HuffPo: The vast majority of Americans support increasing the national minimum wage, according to a recent poll commissioned by the National Employment Law Project Action Fund, a non-profit group that supports increasing the minimum wage. The poll, which was conducted by the public opinion research firm Hart Research Associates,…
Turning Up the Heat on GOP During August Recess
Tomas Martinez, of Atlanta, chants during a rally in front of the White House on July 24, calling for of immigration reform. (Photo: Evan Vucci, AP) From USA Today: As they prepare to leave the Capitol for a month-long August recess, Republican members of the House of Representatives are taking…
Revelations: World Environment Day
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The Oneida Nation and New York Sign a Historic Agreement
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter signing a historic agreement that will hopefully bring an end to decades of animosity and contentious lawsuits between the two sides. From Indian Country Today: In less than a month of intense negotiations, decades of animosity and contentious…
What’s in millennials’ wallets? Fewer credit cards
Jonaya Kemper sews her own sundresses and grows her own vegetables, embodying the do-it-yourself mindset of many in the millennial generation. (Christina House, For The Times / May 15, 2013) From LA Times: Millennials, who range from teenagers to people in their early 30s, are more financially cautious than the…
