US television channel Fox News is not exactly known as a fortress of progressive ideas. But one of its news anchors, Megyn Kelly, has managed to reel in two of her male co-workers over sexist comments
Fox news anchor rips into sexist pundits
Tag Archives: Households
Gentrification: Not Ousting the Poor?
People tend to think gentrification goes like this: rich, educated white people move into a low-income minority neighborhood and drive out its original residents, who can no longer afford to live there. As it turns out, that’s not typically true
China Census Aims to Chart Shifting Population
China Census Aims to Chart Shifting Population China began tallying its population on Monday for the first time since 2000, an arduous task at best, likely to be made tougher by the need to count scores of millions of migrant workers in the nation’s big cities. The government said it has sent more than six […]
Half of U.S. pays no federal income tax
Half of U.S. pays no federal income tax Credits for low- and middle-income families exempt many Tax Day is a dreaded deadline for millions, but for nearly half of U.S. households it’s simply somebody else’s problem. About 47 percent will pay no federal income taxes at all for 2009. Either their incomes were too low, […]
Japan prepares for new prime minister
Liberal Democratic Party Prime Minister Taro Aso resigned early Wednesday, setting the stage for Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama to take over the reins of government. Last month, Japanese voters swept Aso’s party — which had governed Japan for nearly 50 years — from power in the wake of Japan’s worst recession since World War II
Japan’s new PM faces daunting in-tray
It’s all but certain that Yukio Hatoyama will be elected Japan’s next prime minister on Wednesday. Less clear is the direction the nation will take under him
Book Review – America’s Cheapest Family
Book Review – America’s Cheapest Family The Economides family has gained national notoriety for living on what many would consider meager means. They have appeared on national television and in magazines to describe just how they do it. In this book, Steve presents the lessons they have learned from their own experiences and from the […]