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U.S. To Fall Short Of 2025 College Grads Goal — By 24 Million Degrees

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report's HechingerEd blog. Despite persistent appeals from policymakers and politicians to increase the number of college...

What Science Says About Radiohead’s ‘Pay What You Want’ Pricing

Letting customers decide how much to pay for a product seems like a surefire way to go out of business, although bands like Radiohead...

In Push For More College Grads, ‘Very Profitable Nonprofit’ Cashes In

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. The national push to increase the number of Americans with college degrees is enriching at...

Architecture’s Big Prize Winner Facing Unemployment?

By Karissa Rosenfield (click here for original article) Eduardo Souto de Moura, 2011 Pritzker laureate, in front of the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego. Photo...

Architecture’s Big Prize Winner Facing Unemployment?

By Karissa Rosenfield (click here for original article) Eduardo Souto de Moura, 2011 Pritzker laureate, in front of the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego. Photo...

How To Make A Living Working From Home

By Luke Dempsey for Bookish Friday sees the release of the much-awaited U.S. Department of Labor’s March employment figures, but for many “new workers”–those who’ve...

Berkeley’s Biggest Medical Marijuana Dispensary Forced To Shut Down

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Michael Montgomery and David Downs One of California’s biggest medical marijuana establishments – embraced by...

GOP Group Who Funded ‘Citizens United’ Cause Now Fighting Against Special Interest Money

Story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams The Lincoln Club of Orange County had a big hand in the landmark Supreme Court decision...

San Francisco Lawmaker Fights To Save The Medical Marijuana Industry

This article comes to us courtesy of SF Weekly's The Snitch. By Chris Roberts Call it an industry, call it a movement, call it a...

BP Oil Spill Settlement Could Reach $14 Billion

LONDON/NEW ORLEANS (Reuters/Tom Bergin and Jonathan Stempel) -- The trial to decide who should pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been...

Poor Writers Who Struck It Rich

From Writer's Relief staff: Ever heard the phrase “starving writer”? Okay—maybe you’re living it? It may help to know you’re not alone. Here are tales...

Fewer Cigarette Smokers May Actually Be Bad For California

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Kendall Taggart Fewer smokers is bad news for California's budget. A major bond rating agency...