Expenses have a way of piling up in December, whether because of holiday gifts, extra social engagements, or travel getaways. Your wiped-out bank account at the end of the year may be the perfect (and necessary) inspiration to get into financial shape once the calendar flips to January.
Donald Trump will have a hard time making America great again if the bulk of Americans can’t afford to own a home.
One need look no further than Silicon Valley for evidence that older workers are judged as less sharp—and less productive—than their younger peers, despite mounds of research suggesting the opposite.
The American dream hinges on the idea that future generations will do better than the ones that preceded them. But a new study (pdf) from a team of economists and sociologists at Harvard, Stanford, and the University of California is bad news for a whole generation: Only half of American 30-year-olds today earn more money than their parents did at the same age. That’s a steep drop from the early-1970s, when 30-year-olds were virtually guaranteed to outpace their parents’ generation in earning power.
A Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying 40 passengers and at least seven crew members crashed Wednesday (Dec. 7), about 45 miles north of Islamabad, the country’s capital. Among the passengers on board was Junaid Jamshed, a renowned Pakistani pop star who had become an evangelical cleric in recent years.
President-elect Donald Trump has never been shy about invoking Islam, the religion of 1.6 billion people around the world, as a threat to American society.
The Netherlands has become the latest country to pass measures banning the face veil worn by Muslims, sometimes referred to as a niqab or burqa, a move which coincides with a surge of anti-Muslim sentiment across Europe.
Income inequality has been a hot-button issue globally in 2016, and with good reason. A new report confirms that the world’s rich do, indeed, keep getting richer.
At least nine people have been taken to hospital during an active shooter situation on the campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus on Monday (Nov. 28) morning, according to local law enforcement officials.
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election to US president, many Muslims and other minorities in the country are fearful that his rhetoric on the campaign trail has inflamed bigots. Indeed, by Nov. 18 the Southern Poverty Law Center had reports of 701 incidents of “hateful harassment” since election day (Nov. 8).
When it comes to negotiating salaries for new hires, employers typically have a leg up before they’ve even offered the job. That’s because most US employers request salary history on their job application form. Now, some US cities and states are taking steps to remove those.
US president-elect Donald Trump famously said in a CNN interview last March that “Islam hates us.” In this light, his pick for national secuirty adviser is pitch perfect.
A prominent Donald Trump surrogate says the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II sets a “precedent” for the potential registry of Muslims proposed by the president-elect’s transition team.
Update: Nov. 17, 10:20pm ET: A Trump official has told CNN’s Jim Acosta that Kobach is not an adviser to the transition team.
Donald Trump may have been elected on a populist wave, but the Janus Capital fund manager and bond whiz Bill Gross says the people who voted for him will likely experience buyer’s remorse.
Vice president-elect Mike Pence hasn’t been shy about where he stands on reproductive rights for women: During the US presidential campaign, he famously said he’d like the Supreme Court abortion rights case Roe v. Wade “consigned to the ash heap of history,” and he has a long history of legislating against women’s access to abortion, including by cutting funds for Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit organization that offers reproductive health services.
Among the muted glimmers of hope in a divisive period of US history is this: Prominent Jews and Muslims in business, religion, culture, and politics are banding together to form a new alliance in Washington.
Hate crimes in the US increased by 6.8% in 2015, according to data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday (Nov. 14). Much of that increase can be attributed to a surge in attacks against Muslims, which rose 67% from the previous year.
In the wake of a blistering and divisive election, many Americans are grasping for ways to make their voices heard, beyond what gets blasted into the “filter bubble.” A former congressional staff member tweeted a series of tips on how to get your local representative to listen to you, and apparently the internet wants to know. The first tweet in her thread has been shared thousands of times:
After losing the US presidency in a stunning defeat, and failing to win either house of Congress in the 2016 elections, Democrats are looking ahead. And they are considering a black Muslim from Minnesota to lead the way.
Shaun King, a reporter for the New York Daily News, makes his living documenting social injustice around the US. As a result, he receives anywhere between 150 and 200 emails a day with tips, suggestions and personal stories.
After Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday night, some American Muslims began voicing their fears about what a Trump presidency will mean for them. Since Trump’s call last year to ban Muslims from the US—and his anti-Muslim rhetoric that has followed—hate crimes against Muslims have been steadily increasing.
Throughout the US presidential campaign, Muslims have frequently used dark humor to respond to Donald Trump’s proposal to ban the entire religious group from entering the country. Now, an airline is taking one last swipe at the Republican presidential hopeful—in an attempt to sell tickets for flights to the US.
Mexico is holding on tight in the event of a Donald Trump presidency.
