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National Park Service employee Eric Tolliver shovels snow and ice at the Lincoln Memorial as snow falls in Washington on Monday.
AFT and In the Public Interest launched a new website Thursday, Cashing in on Kids, to track charter schools and the private companies that often run them on a for-profit basis. The two groups argue that corporate-run charter schools are doing a bad job of serving students and that there is little accountability for these companies. In particular, the website will track K12 Inc., Academics, Imagine Schools, Charter Schools USA and White Hat Management.
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a handwritten petition from an Arkansas prisoner Monday, agreeing to decide whether banning beards in prison violates an inmate's religious freedom.
A partially frozen Niagara Falls is seen on the American side during sub freezing temperatures in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Sunday.The area experienced bitter cold temperatures with a high of 9 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of -1 degree expected later tonight, according to weather.com.
Just in case folks need a reminder, being unemployed really sucks. On top of the stress of not knowing how you’re going to pay rent or afford to eat, you feel isolated from your friends and family. Most people get that being out of work is no picnic, but Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) needs a refresher. Kirk voted twice against extending emergency jobless benefits, which is crazy when you consider more than 99,000 Illinoisans have lost this lifeline.
A partially frozen Niagara Falls is seen on the American side during sub freezing temperatures in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Sunday.The area experience bitter cold temperatures with a high of 9 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of -1 degrees expected later tonight, according to weather.com.
After a father won a discrimination settlement from a job he was asked to leave, his daughter bragged about it on Facebook and lost him the money.
The nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicked off in Anchorage with 69 mushers and their canine teams bound for Nome.
“A threat to our sovereignty,” “corporate power grab,” “extraordinary investor rights.” You may have heard all these phrases in connection to trade agreements, but what do they really mean? U.S. trade policy has for years been designed so that the bulk of the benefits skew toward giant, global corporations and the bulk of the downside weighs on America’s working families and their communities, so it’s understandable that many see these deals as “corporate power agreements.”
After a father won a discrimination settlement from a job he was asked to leave, his daughter bragged about it on Facebook and lost him the money.
