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Charters Get Kids Cubicle-Ready
Rocketeers, as students are called, sit looking at computer screens up to two hours per day, supposedly learning by solving puzzles.
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A Poor Educational System
A majority of US professors are now adjuncts working on a contingent basis.
Conservatives and Progressives Agree: Congress Should Not Cut Unemployment Benefits
Extremists who think government support for the unemployed is holding the economy back don't have the facts on their side.
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November Job Growth Pushes Unemployment Rate Down to 7.0 Percent
The number of people involuntarily working part-time fell sharply in November.
Inequality Diminishes America’s Freedom
How free are you when you're paid poverty wages? Not very free at all.
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The Time Has Come for $15 Minimum Wage
If it wasn't for such laws as the minimum wage, bosses would reduce workers' wages and benefits to near zero.
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Student Debt Is Crushing the Economic Future of the Young
If a bad job market wasnu2019t damaging enough, the cost of paying off student loans does much more harm to the long-term prospects of young people than is commonly …
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Economy Adds 204,000 Jobs in October, Even as Labor Force Declines by 700,000
Wages of production workers have outpaced those of their supervisors in this recovery.
How Did the Great Recession Affect Millennial Views on Love and Relationships
Roosevelt Institute | Pipeline Fellow Nona Willis Aronowitz explains how Millennials' view love and relationships after the Great Recession.
Zombies, “Scarcity,” and Understanding Poverty
A world defined by zombies is a world that has redefined the nature of human free will and choice.