Tag: Jobs

There is a gap between men and women, but it is not a wage gap — it is an earnings gap. Working women earn less on average than working men, but it is not due to some widespread discrimination or the elusive, conniving patriarchy. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

This ‘Equal Pay Day,’ stop advocating for paid parental leave policies that depress women’s wages

Washington Examiner · April 3, 2019 12:00 am

Gregory Allen, a First Step Act beneficiary, right, salutes after being invited to the podium to speak by President Donald Trump, left, during the 2019 Prison Reform Summit and First Step Act Celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 1, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Trump takes a second step in the right direction on criminal justice reform

Erin Dunne · April 2, 2019 2:22 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett speaks during an interview in Omaha, Neb., Monday, May 7, 2018, with Liz Claman on Fox Business Network's "Countdown to the Closing Bell".

Warren Buffett calls poor people economic ‘roadkill,’ says US needs to help them

Zach Halaschak · March 28, 2019 10:18 pm

This July 11, 2014 aerial photo shows the coast of Barnegat Light, N.J., part of Long Beach Island. A seismic testing that blasted the ocean floor off Long Beach Island with sound waves to study climate change was completed on July 6, 2015.

Seismic surveys provide a safe foundation for offshore energy

Randall Luthi · March 28, 2019 2:24 pm

Economic growth revised down to 2.2 percent pace for the fourth quarter

Joseph Lawler · March 28, 2019 8:31 am

President Trump's White House senior adviser Jared Kushner arrives at the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

Jared Kushner called Walmart to get job for first woman freed by FIRST STEP Act

Steven Nelson · March 28, 2019 4:00 am

7 former Trump aides accused of breaking ethics rules

Katelyn Caralle · March 27, 2019 9:29 pm

Union workers and minimum wage activists gather for a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles.

Unions step up push for $15 minimum wage in Congress

Sean Higgins · March 26, 2019 8:47 pm

Employees work in the lobby of JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters in New York, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. U.S. stocks dropped, following the worst loss in six weeks for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, as global shares slid on concern over growth in China and potential political turmoil in Greece.

Red Alert Politics

Chase banks on career training

Brendan Pringle · March 25, 2019 6:59 pm

President Donald Trump adjusts his blazer as he speaks before signing an executive order requiring colleges to certify that their policies support free speech as a condition of receiving federal research grants, Thursday March 21, 2019, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Trump says he’s uniting the country, not dividing it

Emily Ward · March 22, 2019 11:37 am

Beltway Confidential

College costs, student debt, job prospects: All 3 will be improved with Trump’s executive order

Tom Lindsay · March 21, 2019 7:14 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, speaks during South by Southwest on Saturday, March 9, 2019, in Austin, Texas.

AOC’s staff receives risk assessment training after numerous death threats

Zach Halaschak · March 21, 2019 4:46 pm