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Education
Lumni: Investing in College Students as If They Were Companies
Social enterprise Lumni makes paying for college a collective investment instead of an individual one.
Education
Almost Half of Detroit Residents Are Functionally Illiterate
Forty-seven percent of Motor City residents can't fill out a job application or read a newspaper.
Education
Angry (and Unemployed) College Grads March on Congressional Offices
Out of work student? Join the Briefcase Brigade and tell your member of Congress that you need a job.
Culture
McDonald's Hiring Day Finds Many McDonald's Not Hiring
The burger chain's promotional event resulted in frustration when some locations admitted to not even having jobs available.
Culture
Jesse Jackson Jr. Says the iPad Is Killing Jobs
The civil rights leader's son attempts to make the case that the iPad is a job killer. He fails.
Business
Infographic: Is This a "He-Covery" to Climb Out of the Great "Man-Cession?"
A startling chart shows just how drastically women are being left behind in the economic recovery.
Education
Defunding Americorps: Do We Really Want to Take City Year Away From Schools?
The Republican leadership claims the dropout prevention program is wasteful spending. Have they ever spent time with City Year corps members?
Culture
Scary: There Are Now Five Job Seekers for Every Job Opening
Maybe job seekers would be more motivated if there were actually, y'know, jobs.
Culture
Study: Cutting Jobless Benefits Sees People Look for Work Less, Not More
The GOP should read this before trying to kill unemployment insurance extensions.
Business
Will You Pledge to Create One New Job?
The One Job for America campaign is asking all businesses to hire one new person, and spread the word. Will you help?
Lifestyle
Feast Your Eyes: California's Central Valley Is a Dust Bowl
Documentary photographer Matt Black takes incredible portraits of the forgotten people on some of the most productive farmland in California.
Culture
Many Businesses Are Now Refusing to Hire the Unemployed
As the House Republicans block unemployment benefits, many unemployed people are saying being jobless is keeping them jobless.
Education
Flavor Flav Wants to Get His High School Diploma (and Inspire Other Dropouts)
The Public Enemy hypeman and reality TV star dropped out of 10th grade. Now he's headed back to school and wants to film his experience.
Culture
More People Now Collect Food Stamps Than Live in California and Colorado Combined
Food stamp usage is up 14 percent from last year, with tens of millions of Americans using the service and costing the country $6 billion a month.
Education
Report Backs Up the Idea That College Shouldn't Be the Goal
You won't need a B.A. in anthropology to be an electrician or a dental hygienist.
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Unemployed College Grads Are Turning to the Army
No more waiting out the tough economy in graduate school. The military's seeing a spike in the number of diploma-holding enlistees.
Business
Super: The Economy Is as Big as It Was in 2007
Economic growth rose to 3.2 percent last quarter. So we are finally producing as much as we did before the recession.
Education
Merging College and Career Prep on Chicago's West Side
There's no difference between the college track and the career track at Chicago's Austin Polytechnical Academy high school.
