From The Fiscal Times While a handful of states including West Virginia, New York and Indiana have made important strides in reducing major shortfalls in their employee pension plans, many others are just treading…
Special from ZeroHedge With 3 days left in the month of August, the city of Chicago has recorded 84 homicides making it the deadliest month since October 1996 when 85 homicides were committed. In…
In a period during which the tension between Black Americans and police are at a recent high, and the question of how Black American are treated by White Americans, a new Gallup poll’s results…
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's latest speech continues to point more toward a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) rate hike. The real question is when.
With the fresh reading on America's durable goods orders coming in quite strong, some watchers are wondering if the odds of a rate hike went up.
The National Safety Council reports that first-half 2016 traffic fatalities rose 9%, but some states were hit much harder than others.
One interesting view for the larger economic snapshot is seeing how much each gold medal and then all Olympic medals would cost based on each nation's GDP.
In the modern household, married couples are supposed to share chores, not along traditional lines, but in the spirit of equality. Not so, according to new research.
July was the hottest month ever recorded on earth. On Saturday, the temperature in Kuwait City was 115 degrees.
July was the warmest month on record. There are some places that, though they may have been affected as well, still have such bone-chilling cold that they are barely habitable.
Whether it is the top 1% or the top 0.1%, the rich hold a huge portion of all the wealth in America and around the world.
Thursday's barrage of economic reports included the Conference Board's report on the Leading Economic Index, known more commonly as the Leading Economic Indicators report.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has released its August Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey, showing that growth in the Fed district was rather weak for the manufacturing sector.
California leads the list of states with the largest populations of people sentenced to death, followed by Florida and Texas.
As the U.S. population ages, and the burden on Social Security and medical facilities grows, one of the most important questions is where and when many older Americans will need care.
