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In an abysmal showing, only about one-quarter of U.S. high school seniors performed solidly in math on a national assessment known as the nation's report card, reinforcing concerns that large numbers of students are unprepared for college or the workplace.
Luke Russert, son of the late 'Meet the Press' host Tim Russert, joins TODAY to chat about losing his dad six years ago, and the close relationship they had.
Here are some headlines from the working families news we're reading today (after the jump.)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—a trade agreement that the United States and 11 other Pacific-rim countries are negotiating—threatens to make prescription drugs less affordable for consumers and taxpayers. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities recently joined with ten other organizations, including AARP and Consumers Union, to express our concerns to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
When the local fire department heard that Kelsie Levad and her boyfriend AJ Novotny had no limo to get to prom, a crew stepped in and took the couple themselves.
By NBC PhiladelphiaAn elderly couple is trying to track down the person who left them an anonymous letter criticizing the curb appeal of their Ocean City, New Jersey, home.
Four 10-week-old African lion cubs passed their first swim test Tuesday at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo.
Bernie Tiede, who inspired the dark comedy “Bernie” starring Jack Black, was released on bond on Tuesday after 17 years behind bars for the 1996 murder of 81-year-old Marjorie Nugent. NBC’s Janet Shamlian reports.
Several prominent Republicans have made recent statements that seem to suggest they support some form of minimum wage increase. President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have been fighting for legislation that would increase the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, and several states and cities have passed their own increases, deciding not to wait for Congress to move. While we appreciate them pushing back against their fellow Republicans who oppose any minimum wage at all or any increase in the minimum wage, now we need them to come out in support of an increase of the federal minimum wage to $10.10.
An artist uses that data to show what some American cities could look like in the next century.
