On the heels of House Republicans’ decision to finally release the details of their proposed Obamacare replacement late Monday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) stopped by CNN’s New Day Tuesday morning to discuss the details. And like pretty much everyone on the Internet, co-anchor Alisyn Camerota had lots of questions for the top House Republican about […]
Half of American households can’t afford a $400 emergency! But listen to the audio player to hear what the other half said about their income…
Ted Nugent, the perpetually provocative hard rock guitarist, said earlier this week that black Americans should be profiled in the same manner that different breeds of dogs are considered dangerous. Nugent made the comments on entertainer Nick Cannon’s podcast. The two riffed on race for several minutes until Nugent compared recent cases of strife in race relations to […]
When you put together everything Americans produce in a year, it adds up to some $16 trillion — an almost unimaginable amount of money. Now for the first time in its history, the United States owes its creditors that same amount. The $16 trillion of federal debt is as big as the nation’s entire economic […]
Scam artists are targeting older Americans more than ever. Over the last decade, both complaints and financial losses among baby boomers have skyrocketed, and the trend is expected to accelerate as they age, according to a recent report by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received more than […]
Jillian Maldonado is a 29-year-old student at the Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center and an Avon sales representative who earns $300 a week. On most nights, she takes the D train from her classes in Manhattan back to her third-floor apartment in the South Bronx. It’s a tough neighborhood. A few months ago she heard gunshots […]
With so much stigma placed on single ladies–and men–it’s hard to believe only 51% of Americans over the age of 18 are married today, according to an analysis of census data by the Pew Research Center. That number is the lowest in recorded history—down 7% from 2000 and 21% from 1960 when 72% of Americans […]
By John Blake, CNN (CNN) – David O’Brien couldn’t help himself. After the September 11 terrorist attacks, he became obsessed. O’Brien read the stories of 9/11 victims over and over, stunned by what he was discovering. He read about the firefighters who marched up the smoke-choked stairwells of the World Trade Center, though many knew […]
Currently, about a third of people in this country are obese, which is roughly 30 pounds over a healthy weight.
In a recent survey by YourBlackWorld.com, it was found that African Americans are divided over the comments of Princeton University professor Cornel West, who has critiqued the Obama Administration in the media over the past several weeks. A mild majority of those who gave a definite answer (44.6%; only 87.2% said “yes” or “no”) claim […]
Two independent teams of researchers have come up with the most accurate genetic maps ever made — a feat that should make the search for genes associated with diseases easier. To understand why an accurate genetic map is useful, imagine you are trying to locate a house in Topeka, Kan., but the only map you […]
Only 40 Percent of Americans Being Reached by Current Church Model The contemporary church growth model can only reach a maximum of 40 percent of the American population, said a leading thinker in the missional movement on Thursday.