by Mary Kate Hayes | Mar 18, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – Accepting an unpaid internship position does more harm than good, the National Association of Colleges and Employers concluded after conducting a survey of college students. But for those who can land paid internships, there are a lot of benefits. The...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security joined forces Tuesday with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Postal Inspection Service to identify major players in an international operation involving underground child pornography. In the past few...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Mar 17, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – Although digital journalism startups have been springing up, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 13 percent decline in journalism jobs from 2012 to 2022, a drop of 7,200 jobs. “My biggest concern about employment after college is the competitiveness...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Mar 17, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s recent proposal to increase the earned income tax credit to include 13.5 million unmarried workers may be his best bet to achieve his goal of combatting income inequality and getting more Americans out of poverty. His proposed...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Mar 12, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – An anticipated wave of baby boomer retirements over the next 20 years has the U.S. Labor Department worried. On average, 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 per day. This large number of retirees requires resources to help them choose retirement plans. A 1974 law...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Mar 10, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – American businesses could benefit more from a multilateral trading system and need the World Trade Organization “today as much as ever,” WTO Director-General Robert Azevedo told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday. “America has led the way” in the...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Mar 7, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON — The Dalai Lama, wearing a baseball cap and laughing at the occasional joke, spoke at the Washington National Cathedral Friday, giving his views on ethical issues going beyond organized religion. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is the spiritual leader...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Mar 5, 2014 | Immigration, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which works against unlawful crossing of borders that could threaten public safety, opened an exhibit in the Crime Museum Wednesday. The exhibit features artifacts such...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Feb 26, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Labels offering nutrition facts may be unclear to consumers because of skewed serving sizes and a lack of ingredient breakdowns, according to experts. But the Food and Drug Administration is expected to propose improvements when the agency releases...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Feb 25, 2014 | Living
LGBT activists and journalists led a panel Tuesday to discuss oppression of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people in the United States and internationally. “We’re the new civil rights movement,” said Mandy Carter, vice president of...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Feb 24, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – The minimum wage either helps the poor out of poverty or fails to correctly address economic issues, depending on which expert was talking at an Economic Policy Institute discussion Monday. To the 46.5 million Americans who live below the poverty line –...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Feb 11, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Egyptian government government is ready with a stimulus package that will provide the equivalent of $4.87 billion for the country’s economy, with most money coming from the United Arab Emirates, officials from Egypt’s Finance Ministry told the U.S....
