Which Age Group Has Been Most Screwed By the Labor Market?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This morning’s post about automation got me curious about the labor participation rate by age group. Here it is for the past couple of decades: Labor participation for prime-age workers has changed only slightly, declining from 84 percent to 82 percent. The big change has…
Prosecutors Question Albanian Politician on Payments From Russia-Linked Firm to GOP Lobbyist
Albanian opposition party leader Lulzim Basha poses with Donald Trump during a 2017 visit to Washington./Facebook Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Albanian prosecutors on Monday questioned the head of the country’s main conservative party regarding more than $600,000 in payments that the party reportedly made in 2017 to a Republican…
Puerto Rico Stands to Lose the Most Funding from Trump’s Border Wall
Al Bello/Getty Images for Lumix Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Pentagon’s plan to steer $3.6 billion from the military construction budget toward President Donald Trump’s border wall could delay up to 146 projects at home and abroad, including major maintenance efforts in Maine, North Carolina, and Virginia. But no region stands to…
Senate Republicans Tried to Mock Democrats for the Green New Deal. Then Mike Lee Pulled Out His Charts.
CSPAN Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has inspired Republicans to talk about climate change, albeit not in the most productive way. When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) forced a vote on the Green New Deal resolution on Tuesday as part of his efforts to…
Purdue Pharma Just Settled a Major Lawsuit in Oklahoma for $270 Million
Toby Talbot/A Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, will pay $270 million to settle a case brought by the Oklahoma Attorney General for helping to lay the groundwork of America’s opioid epidemic. The settlement, announced Tuesday, comes two months before the scheduled start of a televised…
Justice Department Urges Court to Kill Obamacare
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three months ago a Texas judge struck down Obamacare. (He later issued a stay of his ruling pending appeal, which is why Obamacare is still up and running.) The theory behind the ruling was both simple and absurd: since Congress has reduced the fine for…