In her trip through China’s Suining County in Jiangsu province, journalist Mara Hvistendahl saw plenty of familiar signs of economic growth. But she also saw something at an elementary school that startled her: There were…
Sky gazers who weren’t able to see a spectacular lunar eclipse can now see it in its entirety in one minute.
Tough new state immigration laws are striking fear in the hearts of illegal immigrants with American-born children. “I worry about my children,” says one father of two young kids in Carrollton, Georgia. He didn’t want…
This month, NPR is examining the many ways China is expanding its reach in the world – through investments, infrastructure, military power and more. After a generation of absorbing foreign capital and technology, China is…
By the time Mike Moore finishes school and starts his career as a doctor, he’ll be in his 50s. As a second-year medical student at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Moore listens to lectures…
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde stretched her lead in the race for the IMF’s top job on Sunday when Indonesia became the first big developing economy to back her publicly. An 11th-hour challenge from Israel’s…
With job growth slowing and President Obama’s poll numbers dropping, the White House is trying to stage an intervention. All week long, the administration took pains to show that the economy remains the president’s top…
Although Mark Twain once said there are “lies, damn lies and statistics,” when it comes to U.S. taxes, statistics can tell the truth. It’s been a decade since the first round of Bush-era tax cuts…
The number of minority-owned businesses in the U.S. jumped 45.5 percent from 2002 to 2007, more than double the 17.9 percent increase for U.S. businesses as a whole, according to Census data released Tuesday. Revenues…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government unveiled today a multi-agency, nationwide initiative to combat immigration services scams. The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are leading this historic…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to California’s policy of granting reduced, in-state tuition at its colleges and universities to graduates of its high schools who are undocumented immigrants. In-state tuition is…
poll shows Obama holds significant lead over possible Republican rivals in the 2012 election despite lagging economy. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Imagine being unemployed for nine months and finally a job offer comes your way. Great you’re ready to pop the champagne cork. But wait not so fast. First you have to pass a background check.…
A recent case shows how Indonesia is abusing the rights of citizens in West Papua. Jayapura, Indonesia In Indonesia, there has been much to celebrate since the democratic reformasi began in May 1998. Most Indonesians…
HACKENSACK, N.J. — No one has to tell the folks at the One-Stop Career Center in northern New Jersey that the economy is getting softer. They feel it first-hand. “The last month or two, it’s…
The mayor of London tries to charge the U.S. government a fee designed to reduce traffic congestion
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