Betty Fernandez of Macy’s department store speaks with a potential applicant about job openings during a job fair in Miami on April 5. Analysts expect Friday’s jobs report to show that employers continued to add jobs last month. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Betty Fernandez of Macy’s department store speaks […]
Clarisa Corber at work at a Topeka, Kan., insurance agency. Corber and her husband — who have three kids, a health plan and $15,000 in medical debt — were profiled in a recent Los Angeles Times investigation into the effects of high-deductible health plans. Nick Krug/Los Angeles Times hide caption toggle caption Nick Krug/Los Angeles
Victoria Libsack, a teacher at Linus Pauling Middle School in Corvallis, Ore., with students Alan Gallardo, 14, (right) and Victor Hernandez, 14. Libsack taught for three years in a low-income Phoenix school. But after her TEACH grants were converted into more than $20,000 in loans, she took a job at a school that doesn’t meet
Psychiatry’s shift toward seeing mental health problems as an illness to be treated with a pill hasn’t always served patients well, says Harvard historian and author Anne Harrington. James Wardell/Radius Images/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption James Wardell/Radius Images/Getty Images Psychiatry’s shift toward seeing mental health problems as an illness to be treated with a
An electronic voting machines that produces a paper receipt from Election Services Software. The company is among those bidding to replace all of Georgia’s voting machines but close relationships between state officials and ESS have raised questions about the fairness of the bidding process. David Goldman/AP hide caption toggle caption David Goldman/AP An electronic voting
In this 2016 photo, a man holds up his iPhone during a rally in support of data privacy outside the Apple store in San Francisco. Watchdog groups that keep tabs on digital privacy rights are concerned that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are searching the phones and other digital devices of international travelers at
After the release of the Mueller report, 7 in 10 Democrats say the findings should lead to impeachment hearings in Congress against President Trump. In contrast, 91% of Republicans think it should not lead to such hearings. Pete Marovich/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Pete Marovich/Getty Images After the release of the Mueller report, 7
Kim has been living at the Epiphany Center, a treatment facility in San Francisco for women struggling with addiction, for the last six months. She says her teddy bear is her only material possession left from her past: “Because everything I had, I’ve lost over and over again.” April Dembosky/KQED hide caption toggle caption April
Government military police officers confront pro-Guaidó demonstrators at Altamira Square on Tuesday in Caracas, Venezuela. Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images Government military police officers confront pro-Guaidó demonstrators at Altamira Square on Tuesday in Caracas, Venezuela. Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images The plane was on the tarmac. Nicolás Maduro, the disputed president of
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania is one of 80 sites around the country where some 80,000 metric tons of nuclear waste is stored. Olivia Sun/NPR hide caption toggle caption Olivia Sun/NPR Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania is one of 80 sites around the country where some 80,000 metric tons of nuclear
U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., is running Democrats’ 2020 re-election strategy. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Neibergall/AP U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., is running Democrats’ 2020 re-election strategy. Charlie Neibergall/AP Voters in northwest Illinois have a lot of questions for their congresswoman, Democrat Cheri Bustos. They want to know about rail plans around
A robotic arm works on the production line at Volvo’s factory in Ridgeville, S.C. But other essential jobs, including major portions of final assembly, are still left to people. Camila Domonoske/NPR hide caption toggle caption Camila Domonoske/NPR A robotic arm works on the production line at Volvo’s factory in Ridgeville, S.C. But other essential jobs,