| Jul 30, 2014 | Economy / BusinessReal wages have stagnated for decades. Homeownership rates are down. College debt is weighing down young people entering the workforce. Millions of low-wage workers eke by on a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. As the American Dream slips away for millions of people in...
| | Food / FarmingCalifornia’s harsh new measure to deal with long-term drought is making waves. Residents caught wasting by washing sidewalks with their garden hose and committing similar reckless acts are incurring fines of up to $500. Is that fair? Or will the fine be...
| | Economy / BusinessMust formerly rich people shed all their status symbols? It’s a widely held presumption, Darlena Cunha explained. “I had so internalized the message of what poor people should or should not have that I felt ashamed to be there, with that car,” she...
| | Rights / DemocracyGosh, the 2016 primaries are a long way off, but look out: Here comes Texas Governor Rick Perry — riding his state’s taxpayer dollars into another GOP presidential bid. Technically, he’s not campaigning. Yet he’s popping up from New York to...
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