Warm winter credited with explosion of Lyme ticks –By Ken Dixon, August 9, 2017 — CT Post — Photo: James Gathany / Associated Press This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a blacklegged tick –…
UNDER PRESSURE, PRUITT AND TRUMP BUCKLE, WITHDRAW ATTACKS ON SAFEGUARDS AGAINST SMOG POLLUTION Implementation of the 2015 smog pollution standard is a victory for science and public health Thursday, August 3, 2017 Contact: Brian Willis: 202.675.2386, Brian.Willis@sierraclub.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late…
Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart By DAVID LEONHARDTAUG. 7, 2017 — NYT INCOME GROWTH Over previous 34 years But now, the very affluent (the 99.999th percentile) see the largest income growth. Many Americans can’t remember anything other than an…
Rhode Island just made community college free by Katie Lobosco — August 4, 2017– Money.cnn.com — Rhode Island just became the fourth state in the nation to make community college free, following examples in New York, Oregon and Tennessee. The Promise Scholarship will cover…
Aetna boasts 52% 2Q profit increase —PATRICIA DADDONA — August 3, 2017 — Hartford Business Journal — Hartford health insurer Aetna boosted second quarter profits 52 percent as executives touted the company’s strategy to become more consumer-focused while planning for geographic…
For First Time, Millennials And Gen X Were A Majority Of Electorate In 2016 July 31, 2017 —DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN Young voters were a driving force behind Bernie Sanders’ campaign in 2016. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Political strategists, take note: For…
Why We Shouldn’t Think About College as a Business –By KRISTIN WONG–JULY 31, 2017 — New York Times– The shift from viewing college as a public good to seeing it as a private benefit has led to higher education becoming…