Hot jobs, no diploma required
Released April 29, 2013Many of the fastest growing jobs for the coming decade don’t require a college degree or even a high school diploma.
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One of every six federal dollars goes to programs for poor
Released March 29, 2013Ten Washington programs that mostly benefit poor Americans cost $588 billion in 2012, or one-sixth of all federal spending.
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Income gap between rich, middle class, and poor widens
Released March 28, 2013The income gap between rich and poor has widened astronomically in the past half century, but the gap between the rich and the middle class has widened the most.
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Homeownership more likely when immigrants to U.S. stay longer
Released March 27, 2013Immigrants who stay in the U.S. for years or become citizens are more likely to own their homes – sometimes more than native-born Americans.
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More wives are top-earning breadwinners
Released March 26, 2013A growing percentage of married women earn more than their husbands – 28 percent in 2011.
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East coast, west coast: where the money lives
Released March 18, 2013Most wealthy Americans live near prosperous metropolitan areas, particularly on the east and west coasts.
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Paying its contractors’ pension costs means a big bill at the Pentagon
Released March 15, 2013The cost to the Department of Defense of funding pension plans for its contractors rose more than tenfold from 2002 to 2011.
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Face The Facts Events & Debates
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Post-Election SpreecastPolling expert G. Evans Witt reveals what drove voters' decisions on Election Day.
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DebateWhat is government's role in getting people back to work? A FTF unemployment debate
