About 1.5 million, or 53.6 percent, of bachelor's degree-holders under the age of 25 last year were jobless or underemployed, the highest share in at least 11 years.

4500 nurses in the SF Bay Area will walk out of work on May 1st to protest more than a hundred cuts to health care services and RN standards planned by their hospital chain, Sutter Health.

What makes people scratch their head is the idea of a working class family, making ,000 a year, voting for a party that continues to give tax breaks to the wealthy and paying for it by cutting the programs that benefit the lower and middle class income families.

The school is eliminating all funding for teaching assistants in computer science, cutting the graduate and research programs entirely, and moving the tattered remnants into other departments.

Public opinion polling shows that the Buffett Rule enjoys a wide margin of support among American citizens, with 72 percent in favor, including 53 percent of Republicans.

In median weekly earnings, women earn only 4 per week, compared with 2 per week for men.

The eight major corporations that spent the most on lobbying, for a total 0 million, all saw their tax rates decrease

Last year, US corporations paid an effective tax rate of just 12.1 percent, the lowest level in the last forty years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

U.S. politicians readily muscle up to talk tough against China on the campaign trail, charging its policies undermine American manufacturing, but two key planks of the argument for criticizing Beijing are crumbling.

The survey found that a majority of Americans support the Rule, which would require individuals earning million or more per year to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes