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...falling further behind the harder we work, why our debt dwarfs that of our parents, why some of us receive world-class medical care and others almost none, why some can afford college but for others it has been priced out of reach, and why the wage gap between rich and poor has started growing again. In 1992 the 400 individuals and families with the highest income in the U.S., according to tax returns filed with the IRS, received on average $12.3 million in "salaries and wages."By 2000, the latest year available, that figure had more than doubled...
HUCTW co-president William Jaeger, however, said he was surprised that the number of layoffs was as small as it was, given the size of the budget gap...
Although the $2.3 million dollar gap has now been nearly closed for the 2005 fiscal year, Brainard said she could not rule out the possibility of further cost-cutting measures, which may include more layoffs...
When Showtime premiered Queer as Folk, its series about horny gay men in Pittsburgh, Pa., the title (taken from the original British series) was not meant to be subtle. (This, kids, was way back in 2000, before Carson Kressley rendered the word queer as humdrum as a Gap sweater.) Now, unveiling a series about horny gay women in Los Angeles, the network is playing it more coy. The L Word (Sundays, 10 p.m. E.T.), says its title sequence, is also about "liberty," "life," "love" and, presumably, llamas and lemonade too. The L Word, this implies, is about more than just...
...Racial composition does not determine the level of learning,” said Thernstrom, who along with his wife Abigail recently published “No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Education...