The hike in minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 could negatively impact the economy as seen in the American Action Forum’s analysis of a $1 increase in minimum wage from 2013, which shows a “1.48 percentage point increase in the unemployment rate, a 0.18 percentage point decrease in the net job growth rate, a 4.67 … Continue reading
This past week the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Physician-Scientist Workforce Working Group (PSW-WG) published its findings and recommendations regarding the current state of the PSW field. They found that there are many challenges facing aspiring physician-scientists today, which may contribute to the imminent shortage in doctors pursuing this career. Defined by the Working Group … Continue reading
Attempts to increase fuel efficiency could end up being a greater burden than benefit for the majority of car owners. A major policy objective for the Obama administration is increased fuel efficiency, and in the past five years, several ambitious regulations have been approved which require that car manufactures produce vehicles with greater fuel efficiency. An American … Continue reading
In the wake of Edward Snowden’s unsettling disclosures last year about the extent of government surveillance on Americans, the Obama administration and Congress made it imperative to restore public trust in the National Security Agency (NSA) as well as the government in general. The result was the Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and … Continue reading
On May 29, 2014, the AIDS Initiative (TAI) and the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) filed a discrimination complaint with the Department of Health Human Services against four health insurance companies in operating in Florida: Coventry Health Care, Inc., Cigna, Humana, and Preferred Medical. Each of these providers offers plans on the Florida insurance exchange … Continue reading
President Obama’s expansion of the Pay As You Earn program for student loan payment while earning support still fails to fix the root of the student debt problem. The expansion allows for more people to become eligible for their student loan payments to be capped at 10 percent of their monthly income, which is based … Continue reading
The educational landscape of New Orleans, my hometown, has changed rapidly since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city almost nine years ago. The Recovery School District (RSD), by far the city’s largest school district, closed its last five traditional public schools in May to become the nation’s first all-charter school system. During the 2013-14 school year, 92% of New Orleans … Continue reading
As the House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) lost in the primaries to relative unknown Tea Partier Dave Brat, many are claiming that the complex relationship between Cantor and Immigration reform resulted in a sort of political murder-suicide. Cantor’s support of immigration reform lost him his seat, and the loss of Cantor’s seat seemingly ended … Continue reading
Inspector General Richard J. Griffin’s investigation on the Veterans Affairs scandal has confirmed that 1,700 patients that were not placed on the official waiting list for doctors’ appointments at the veteran’s medical center in Phoenix and discovered that the average waiting time for initial primary care for veterans is about 115 days. In light of … Continue reading
It’d hardly be a stretch to say that the Obama administration is on the wrong side of most energy issues. But when they get something right, we should give them credit. The US Department of Energy’s recent decision to require FERC approval before being awarded liquefied natural gas export licenses is a case in point. … Continue reading
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