Debate Over Rebuilding Beaches Post-Sandy Creates Waves
For a half-century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been in the beach business, dredging up new sand as shorelines wash away. Federal disaster aid for Superstorm Sandy could provide billions more...
View ArticleFMLA Not Really Working For Many Employees
Twenty years after President Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, workers' rights groups say many employees still must choose between their family or their job.They're marking the...
View ArticleForecasting Climate With A Chance Of Backlash
When it comes to climate change, Americans place great trust in their local TV weathercaster, which has led climate experts to see huge potential for public education.The only problem? Polls show most...
View ArticleStay-At-Home Workers Defend Choice After Yahoo Ban
Yahoo's sweeping edict against telecommuting has been felt as a personal attack by some of the two-thirds of Americans who regularly work from home.Lawyer Shannan Higgins of Washington, D.C., finds one...
View ArticleModern Parenthood: More Equal, More Stressed
If you've ever had a spousal spat over who logs more time on housework, child care, or at the office, you might want to see how you stack up against other couples.A new survey by the Pew Research...
View ArticleKids' Voices Key On Both Sides Of Gay-Marriage Debate
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View ArticleA Hot Topic: Climate Change Coming To Classrooms
By the time today's K-12 students grow up, the challenges posed by climate change are expected to be severe and sweeping. Now, for the first time, new nationwide science standards due out soon will...
View ArticleMoving Out And Buying In: Single Ladies Emerge As Homeowners
It's hard to remember that just a few decades ago it was difficult, if not impossible, for a woman alone to take out a mortgage. Federal legislation changed that.And yet, it's still surprising to learn...
View ArticleFilling In The Gap On Climate Education In Classrooms
The auditorium at James Blake High School in Silver Spring, Md., is packed when Cy Maramangalam strolls onstage, sporting jeans and a shaved head."All right, how's everyone doing today?" he says to...
View ArticleBombing Suspect's Lawyer A Quiet Defender Of The Notorious
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and Arizona mass shooter Jared Loughner all have one thing in common: defense attorney Judy Clarke. With her help, all three avoided the...
View ArticleStay-At-Home Dads, Breadwinner Moms and Making It All Work
The next time you see a father out shopping with his kids, you might need to check your assumptions."I'll get the, 'Oh, look, it's a dad! That's so sweet!'"says Jonathan Heisey-Grove, a stay-at-home...
View ArticleAlimony Till Death Do Us Part? Nay, Say Some Ex-Spouses
Alimony dates back centuries. The original idea was that once married, a man is responsible for a woman till death. But that notion has shifted in recent decades, as more women have jobs and their own...
View ArticleJoblessness Shortens Life Expectancy For White Women
At a time when many people live longer, it's been a mystery why white women without a high school diploma have been dying increasingly earlier those with more education.A study in the June issue of the...
View ArticlePushed Off The Job While Pregnant
At a time when most pregnant women work, there are new efforts to keep companies from unfairly targeting employees because of a pregnancy. The allegations of pregnancy discrimination persist and have...
View ArticleCongress Not Likely To Pass Sweeping Climate Legislation
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And now to an issue that lawmakers are not spending a lot of time debating: climate change. Tomorrow, President Obama will lay out a strategy to address the problem,...
View ArticleGays And Lesbians Turn Fight To Workplace Discrimination Ban
With new momentum for same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court, gays and lesbians are hoping for progress in another sphere: the workplace.
View ArticleZimmerman Verdict Feels Personal For Some In Service Sorority
Attorney General Eric Holder looked out over a sea of women in red on Monday and invoked his wife, a member of the influential African-American sorority Delta Sigma Theta. Holder was addressing the...
View ArticleCarbon Tax Gaining Popularity, But Not With Lawmakers
The idea of taxing carbon emissions to curb climate change has been gaining surprisingly diverse and bipartisan support over the past year. Everywhere, that is, except Congress.
View ArticleJesse Jackson Jr. Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for using campaign funds to buy luxury goods. His wife also received a year in prison for...
View ArticleFor Restaurant Workers, A Struggle To Put Food On The Table
Losia Nyankale, 29, didn't mean to make a career in the restaurant business. But after Nyankale was in college for two years, her mom lost her job as a schoolteacher and could no longer pay tuition....
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