A bruising fight over unions’ collective bargaining rights in Ohio just got a little uglier. A great-grandmother and Cincinnati resident says she feels “violated” after a group that supports ending collective bargaining rights for unions stole her appearance in a pro-union ad to make it seem as if she supported their side of the issue. Marlene Quinn
Continue reading …The American economy isn’t just going through a weak patch–it’s mired in a “Lesser Depression” that poses a challenge more daunting than at any since the crisis of the 1930s, according to a major new study released Wednesday. The provisions in President Obama’s jobs plan are no more likely to be effective at producing a
Continue reading …The American economy isn’t just going through a weak patch–it’s mired in a “Lesser Depression” that poses a challenge more daunting than at any since the crisis of the 1930s, according to a major new study released Wednesday. The provisions in President Obama’s jobs plan are no more likely to be effective at producing a
Continue reading …Cross-posted from Yahoo! Finance The U.S. is becoming a retail wasteland. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that retailing executives fear the once-buoyant American consumer has entered a state of permanent frugality. The mall vacancy rate is at an 11-year high. With each passing month, a larger chunk of retail sales goes online. American
Continue reading …Cross-posted from Yahoo! Finance The U.S. is becoming a retail wasteland. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that retailing executives fear the once-buoyant American consumer has entered a state of permanent frugality. The mall vacancy rate is at an 11-year high. With each passing month, a larger chunk of retail sales goes online. American
Continue reading …American women are having dramatically fewer babies since the recession began at the end of 2007, a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census data has found. Arizona and Nevada, the states that experienced the largest economic declines between 2007 and 2009, saw the largest declines in fertility rates. North Dakota, Alaska and Nebraska–which have
Continue reading …What has General Motors been doing in the wake of its bailout-assisted turnaround? For one thing, trying to convince young American men that hot women will laugh at them if they ride a bike. Check out this new print ad that the automaker has been running, to promote its college discount. A man on a
Continue reading …Two graduate students say they think they’ve solved a public health riddle that has stumped researchers over the years–why Hispanic people in America tend to live longer their white neighbors, even though they are, on average, poorer and less educated. Income and education are directly correlated to longevity, so this exception has had scientists scratching
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