Since 2010, those consequences have included anywhere from approximately 150,000 to 187,000 fatalities due to lack of health insurance. That’s unconscionable and immoral,
TheStreet.com3 Things You Should Know About Small Business: May 4TheStreet.comBy Laurie Kulikowski 05/04/12 – 12:41 PM EDT 1.Census data shows the US business startup rate fell below 8%. The nation's business startup rate fell below 8% for the firs…
U.S. Poverty: Census Finds Nearly Half Of Americans Are Poor Or Low-Income
First Posted: 12/15/11 02:03 AM ET Updated: 12/15/11 10:05 AM ET
WASHINGTON — Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans – nearly 1 in 2 – have fallen…
I guess most people already know something I learned today. I did a few minutes of genealogical research on a free website where they have old census data posted and learned that, at least in the 1920 and 1930 censuses, my ancestors lived in household…
October 5, 2011, 2:31 PM ET.
Nearly Half of U.S. Lives in Household Receiving Government Benefit.
By Sara Murray
Families were more dependent on government programs than ever last year.
Nearly half, 48.5%, of the population lived in a household th…
In “Burger Flippers, Babysitting Grandmas Show Recession Lives On,” Bloomberg details where things stand for the average American.
Americans flipped more burgers, rented more homes, used less-expensive heating fuel and asked for more government hel…
New census data released today reveals that the recession has made American 20 to 30-somethings into a Lost Generation of unemployed and underemployed, the AP reports.
According to conomists, this trend will continue through the decade, and when i…
WASHINGTON – A growing number of Americans can’t afford a home or don’t want to own one, a trend that’s spawning a generation of renters and a rise in apartment construction.
Many of the new renters are former owners who lost homes …