Benefit
SACRAMENTO — Sacramento County will launch a pilot program aimed at helping African American and Native American families in poverty. The program experiments with guaranteed basic income – $725 a month – but even the most skeptical members of the county Board of Supervisors want the public to rethink the concept this time. County supervisor […]
The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the far-left independent from Vermont, this week introduced a bill that would shorten to 32 hours the amount of time many Americans can work […]
‘Massive benefit’: Immigration surge set to boost U.S. economy by $7 trillion MSNBC Source link
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s been a record year for labor strikes. Hollywood actors recently ended their historic, 118-day walkout. Thousands of auto workers in Detroit are returning to factories after more than 46 days on the picket lines. Their labor unions secured major gains during contract negotiations at a time when companies are
CHICAGO, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Chicken prices at U.S. grocery stores have hit record highs and should stay elevated as Tyson Foods and other companies dial back poultry production to boost margins while inflation-weary shoppers buy chicken instead of beef and pork. Higher chicken prices should improve earnings at top producers Tyson
Local museums benefited this summer from the work of talented students. The Summer Internship Program, launched this year by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Career Services, connects nonprofits with students, especially first generation or Black, Indigenous, or persons of color, who have not yet had an internship. Through this program, organizations offer paid experiences to students, who […]
The 23 incoming Emory Woodruff Scholars arrived this fall on Emory University’s Atlanta and Oxford campuses with experience running businesses, leading local and statewide volunteer efforts, and publishing independent research. As the latest cohort of Emory’s signature Robert W. Woodruff Scholarship, they plan to continue that tradition of fusing their intellectual drive and leadership skills […]
Florida has approved a new set of standards on how African-American Studies should be taught. The new curriculum highlights the ‘personal benefit’ of slavery to Black people. The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for teaching African-American Studies in public schools, which includes instruction on the “personal benefit” of slavery to […]
An immigration policy that would allow more migrants to legally enter and work in the country could benefit the overall U.S. economy, Northeastern experts say. “Immigration reform is a tricky one,” says Mindy Marks, associate professor of economics at Northeastern University, “because it’s got winners and losers, and what we sometimes call ‘hidden winners.’” It […]
Over his 32-year police career in Dallas, Terrance Hopkins has seen tremendous changes in the profession. For rookie Black officers in a predominantly white and conservative field, he said, the prevailing feeling used to be that you were lucky to be allowed on the force. Now, it is not unusual to see veteran Black officers […]