NewsBeat SocialTag: income
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NYC Mayor Travels to Washington with Progressive Message
05/13/15 1:55 PM PST
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio hits the road with stops in Washington D.C. and California to push his progressive agenda and stump for income equality
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New York City Teenager Builds Successful Babysitting Business
03/13/15 11:32 AM PST
15 year-old Noa Mintz — a high school freshman — owns and operates a babysitting business that employs 150 nannies and she makes a six figure income
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Indonesian Health Clinic Takes Garbage as Payment
01/07/15 11:36 AM PST
A health clinic in a small Indonesian village lets poor residents pay for services with garbage
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Labor Secretary Advocates Shared Prosperity in Economic Recovery
12/09/14 9:24 AM PST
Department of Labor Secretary Tom Perez says too many Americans are working 40-hour work weeks only to rely on welfare assistance programs. The U.S. economy created jobs faster than any other industrialized nation while recovering from the Great Recession
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Russia Could Face Recession Next Year
12/04/14 5:13 PM PST
After a series of economic woes this year, including western sanctions, Russia could be in recession in 2015
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2,000 Couples Marry in Rio's Biggest Mass Wedding
12/03/14 9:41 AM PST
Rio de Janeiro hosts nearly 2,000 couples in the biggest mass wedding in the city's history, aimed at helping low-income families
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SeaWorld Attendance Keeps Plummeting
11/12/14 11:06 AM PST
SeaWorld has experienced declines in its attendance, revenue, profit, and stock from the park chain's 2013 numbers
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Voters in 4 Conservative States Increase Minimum Wage
11/06/14 10:58 AM PST
Voters in Alaska, Nebraska, Arkansas and South Dakota go the way of San Francisco, and approve ballot measures to increase their minimum wages
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Supreme Court Keeps Feds Out of Election Dispute
09/30/14 2:23 PM PST
On Monday, September 29, the Supreme Court granted an request by the State of Ohio to block a lower court's ruling that Ohio's new voting law should not be enforced
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Education Department Aims to Put Quality Teachers in Every School
07/15/14 12:17 PM PST
Education Secretary Arne Duncan unveiled the Educator Equity for All Initiative, a states-up approach to even the playing field by providing schools with low-income and minority students with a fair share of quality teachers
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Child Care Costs Rose 70% Since 1986
04/23/14 10:58 AM PST
A new Pew Research Center study suggests the rising costs of childcare has reversed the decades-long trend of fewer stay-at-home moms
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Obama, Pope Francis, Exchange Admiration and Gifts
03/27/14 1:51 PM PST
In the first meeting between the most powerful man in the world and the incarnate word of the Christian God, the two leaders commend each others' efforts toward alleviating poverty