Pay gap between college grads and everyone else at a record
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Americans with no more than a high school diploma have fallen so far behind college graduates in their economic lives that the earnings gap between college…
Labor issues
Union launches boycott of Trump companies amid Vegas dispute
By MICHELLE RINDELS Union members are calling on the public to boycott Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s businesses nationwide because he isn’t negotiating a contract with the more than 500…
Hawaiian seafood caught by foreign crews confined on boats
By MARTHA MENDOZA and MARGIE MASON Pier 17 doesn’t even show up on most Honolulu maps. Cars whiz past it on their way to Waikiki’s famous white sand beaches. Yet…
German economy minister says E U-US trade talks have failed
By FRANK JORDANS Free trade talks between the European Union and the United States have failed, Germany’s economy minister said Sunday, citing a lack of progress on any of the…
Trump’s stamina attack on Clinton stirs talk of gender bias
By JILL COLVIN Donald Trump and his Republican allies say Hillary Clinton is weak, lacks stamina and doesn’t look presidential. Intent on undermining his Democratic rival, Trump and GOP backers…
Democrats will meet in a city of great economic inequality
By KATHY MATHESON When the Democrats come to the City of Brotherly Love to nominate Hillary Clinton for president and the talk turns to income inequality and the 1 percent,…
Brexit minister: Some EU migrants may have to leave UK
By JILL LAWLESS Exposing the uncertainties unleashed by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, the U.K. minister in charge of negotiating the divorce said Sunday that most EU citizens…
DIVIDED AMERICA: Town and country offer differing realities
From where Peggy Sheahan stands, deep in rural Colorado, the last eight years were abysmal. Otero County, where Sheahan lives, is steadily losing population. Middle-class jobs vanished years ago as…