Month: August 2015

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-americas-uninsured-rate-falls-below-10/ America’s uninsured rate fell below 10 percent for the first time in decades, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control’s

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/12/bernie-sanders-big-challenge-explained-in-1-chart/ One of the most prominent differences in the bases of support for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is in racial composition. In Fox News’s most

NME News Patti Smith’s ‘Just Kids’ memoir to be made into TV series | NME.COM http://www.nme.com/news/patti-smith/87520 Patti Smith‘s critically-acclaimed memoir Just Kids will be adapted

Bills seek to turn U.S. land over to 11 states; group raises questions – LA Times http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-public-landgrab-report-20150811-story.html So far this year, 36 bills have been

Fed’s Fischer: U.S. Labor Market Nearly at Full Employment; Inflation ‘Very Low’ – WSJ http://www.wsj.com/articles/feds-fischer-u-s-labor-market-nearly-at-full-employment-inflation-very-low-1439209218 By Ben Leubsdorf Aug. 10, 2015 8:20 a.m. ET The

The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here | Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-point-of-no-return-climate-change-nightmares-are-already-here-20150805 Historians may look to 2015 as the year when shit

Why Putting a Number to C.E.O. Pay Might Bring Change – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/business/why-putting-a-number-to-ceo-pay-might-bring-change.html Fair Game By GRETCHEN MORGENSON It is a confounding truth about outsize

Bernie Sanders defends Iran nuclear deal – The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/09/bernie-sanders-defends-iran-nuclear-deal/ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) greets the crowd at a rally at the Phoenix Convention

Nuclear weapons and Israel – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel Israel Nuclear program start date mid-to-late 1950s[1] First nuclear weapon test Unknown; possible joint nuclear

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/opinion/free-puerto-rico-americas-colony.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share PUERTO RICO has begun to default on its bond payments, for the first time since it became part of the United States, 117 years