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Debris from the South Korean airliner that crashed at the San Francisco airport last weekend has been cleared from the runway, which could reopen as soon as Sunday, officials said Thursday.
In an extreme, out-of-touch vote, House Republicans voted on a Farm Bill Thursday that removed nutrition programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Every Democrat and a dozen Republicans voted against the bill.
Despite the objections of investor advocates, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized a rule that will lift a decades-old ban on advertising by hedge funds. The original prohibition on such advertising dated back to Great Depression and protected people from investment scams.
In a move that went almost unnoticed by American media last week, the president of the Ohio-based Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Baldemar Velásquez, stepped foot in a prison for the second time in four days, this time in southeastern Mexico on July 4. He had been arrested for civil disobedience at a Moral Monday protest in Raleigh, N.C. on July 1.
An emotionally charged dispute over a Sandy Hook massacre fund will be heard Thursday night at a public hearing ahead of a final decision on how $7.7 million will be divided among families.
Eight people were hurt in an explosion and fire in Chinatown in lower Manhattan on Thursday, authorities said.Three of the injuries were described as serious and five were not life-threatening.
Here are ten examples—real stories from workers whose jobs and lives are negatively impacted by Republican obstruction—of why we need a functioning NLRB (see the stories after the jump).
Paul Stoute’s 14-month-old daughter has always had a knack for technology, but he underestimated her tech savvy.
Many of us and our families have felt the pinch of stagnant wages during the past several years, and a new study shows that while real wages (adjusted for inflation) fell by 2.8% across the board between 2009 and 2012, low- and middle-wage workers—especially women—took the brunt of the hit.
The restaurant industry is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the United States. With hefty profit margins exceeding those of major retail chains such as Walmart and Target, the restaurant industry is expected to create up to a million more jobs by 2020. Many restaurants tout job creation yet pay some of the lowest wages to their employees. These low wages hinder people's ability to afford child care.
