Government spending on the military yields fewer jobs, dollar for dollar, than spending on domestic programs such as health care, energy, infrastructure, and education, according to new a new study.
I was beyond frustrated. I felt extremely hopeless. I believed that I had zero options, despite the fact that I could no longer remain in the same physical or mental state. My bills had piled up so much I was about to get evicted. I had to do something. I got into my uninsured car and drove myself back to the E.R.
This is the real-world economy for a living Earth that we must learn to structure and manage to provide a safe space for humanity.
'Declines in absolute mobility have been a systematic, widespread phenomenon throughout the United States since 1940,' the authors of the new study write.
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All along the Pacific Coast, environmentalists are gearing up for an epic fight.
Operating a small business, the backbone of the U.S. economy, has always been tough. But small businesses have also been disproportionately hurt
The American tax system, in which those with the least pay the most.
Although many people in these struggling regions voted for the new president, his cynical answers will not bring them prosperity. But I saw what could.
Our economy and society ultimately depend on natural resources: land, water, material (such as metals) and energy.
Proponents of “school choice” say that voucher programs—which allow parents to use state education funds to enroll their children in private schools
As House Republicans labor to define a new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, often called “Obamacare,” public support for the 2010 legislation is at an all-time high, according to a national survey taken in January.
President Trump on Tuesday night made what he told a meeting of governors on Monday would be “a big statement” on infrastructure spending.
The wealthy will not be able to build a wall high enough or a silo deep enough. The only solution is to bring your wealth home and invest in community resilience to ensure the survival of all.
Immigrants have long been a scapegoat when economies are sputtering, jobs are being lost or security is a concern.
Plans put forth by House Speaker Paul Ryan and HHS Secretary Tom Price are 'unlikely' to fulfill President Donald Trump's campaign promises—'but single payer could'
In 2014, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federal program to address food insecurity in the United States, provided $70 billion in nutrition support to 46.5 million families and children living in 22.7 million American households.
A survey of about 1,500 extremely disadvantaged families in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio shows teenagers go without food twice as often as their younger brothers and sisters.
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