Economy
GOOD COMPANY
K. Wright |
Fast Company magazine is adding to the year-in-review mania with one that’s actually interesting: the top 20 social entrepreneurs of 2003.
Economy
NO SILVER LINING
K. Wright |
Sure, the nation’s picking up more jobs these days, but they’re not as good as the ones it lost.
TIME FOR GIVING
K. Wright |
About 63.8 million people did volunteer work between September 2002 and 2003, a six percent increase from the previous year.
PERCEPTIONS AND ACCESS
K. Wright |
One-fifth of immigrant families surveyed said they were concerned that signing up for public health insurance would cause them problems with immigration.
Economy
NOT SO CHARITABLE
K. Wright |
Donations from the private sector to the country’s 400 largest nonprofits fell in 2002 for the first time in five years.
Bronx
PARTISAN BUDGETING
K. Wright |
Senate Democrats say Albany’s GOP leadership is parsing out funding for after school programs along partisan lines.
SPECIAL DEPORTATION
K. Wright |
The immigration activists who campaigned to end the federal “special registration” program say their fight isn’t over.
HOPE RE-BORN
K. Wright |
The House is expected to approve the final version of a bill reauthorizing the HOPE VI program and creating first-time homebuyers aid today.
Economy
WORKING OVERTIME
K. Wright |
Senate Democrats are making their last stand to block a White House plan to rewrite the rules governing overtime pay.
