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House Republicans are set to take the food off the table for millions of low-income people, with huge cuts to the food stamp program, under a bill they are pushing toward a vote this week, likely Thursday or Friday. The $40 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are part of the farm bill reauthorization and would result, according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in 1.7 million people forced off the rolls in the coming year and another 2.1 million dropped in 2014. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) puts the figure at 4 million to 6 million.
In a dramatic demonstration of how deadly the global supply chain really is, Scott Nova, director of the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), opened a panel on workers' rights in Bangladesh during the recent AFL-CIO Convention with this observation:Of the four deadliest factory disasters in history, three of those four happened in the last 12 months.
The Ohio man who confessed in a notorious online video to causing a deadly wrong-way crash after a night of heavy drinking has formally pleaded guilty.
BANGKOK — A woman whom Aaron Alexis stayed with in Thailand last year said Wednesday that he was crazy “in a positive way, like funny” and that she was shocked to learn that he had shot 12 people to death at the Washington Navy Yard.
If it seems that giant lottery jackpots have people lining up at convenience stores more frequently, just wait: More big payouts could be coming. Most attention has been on Powerball jackpots since the game's rules were changed in early 2012 to boost payoffs.
Corporations will no longer be able to hide how much CEOs are paid compared to the workers who make those companies run, under a rule proposed today by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The rule requires companies to disclose the ratio of total compensation between chief executive officers and the median pay of employees.That new rule does far more than help point out the historic and growing massive gap between CEO and worker pay. It is an important tool for investors to judge a company’s internal compensation structure, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
BANGKOK — A woman whom Aaron Alexis stayed with in Thailand last year said Wednesday that he was crazy “in a positive way, like funny” and that she was shocked to learn that he had shot 12 people to death at the Washington Navy Yard.
Yesterday's U.S. Census Bureau figures gave us a shocking dose of reality: Your family lost $7,000 from 2000 to 2012. Blogger Richard (R.J.) Eskow from Campaign for America's Future pointed out that on average, most median income families lost even more than that: $7,490. He writes, "That’s $624 per month. $144 per week. $20 per day."
Authorities are searching for a 14-year-old Georgia girl kidnapped by two gunmen during a home invasion that has put the neighborhood on edge and devastated the girl’s family.A nationwide Amber Alert has been issued for Ayvani Hope Perez, who was snatched at about 2 a.m.
A nationwide Amber Alert has been issued for a 14-year-old Georgia girl kidnapped by two gunmen who shot the family dog during a home invasion robbery, police said.
