Why Can’t Congress Aim Higher?
By Lee H. Hamilton Congressional budget negotiators are moving to meet a December 13 deadline to produce, well, something. For weeks, we’ve been told to keep expectations low. There’ll be no “grand...
View ArticleSmall Business in U.S. History
Christopher Conte Americans have long revered small businesses for not only building the economy but also bolstering democracy. For more than a century, the United States has implemented laws aimed at...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Wins $10,000 Grant to Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse
Mayor Michael A. Nutter, immediate past President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, participated in the USCM 82nd Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. During the meeting more than 280 of the nation’s...
View ArticleKerry on Appointment of Michael Bloomberg as U.N. Special Envoy
Appointment of Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as Special Envoy to the U.N. for Climate Change and Cities I congratulate former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on his appointment to...
View ArticleThe Importance of IMF Reforms to Support Ukraine
This blog post by Anthony Reyes, the new media specialist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, was published on the Treasury Department website on March 6. The Importance of IMF Reforms to Support...
View ArticlePhiladelphia’s Unemployment Rate Drops To 6.6%
According to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in Philadelphia declined to 6.6% for October 2014, a 3.3 percentage point drop from October...
View Article10 Reasons Why You Might Be Financially Stressed
By Nathaniel Sillin Stress can come from everywhere – career, school, family, relationships, health – and especially money. The American Psychological Association (APA) recently reported that money...
View ArticleAmericans to Observe Labor Day on Monday
VOA News U.S. President Barack Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that Labor Day is a day “we set aside every year to honor the hardworking men and women who fought for so many of the rights...
View ArticleMonday’s Trump-Clinton Debate Could be Defining Moment in Presidential Campaign
Jim Malone It could be the defining moment of the 2016 campaign. Monday’s first presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump may draw, by some estimates, 100 million...
View ArticleTrump’s China Tariffs Explained
By ShareAmerica Under President Trump’s leadership, the United States is committed to rebalancing the U.S.-China trade relationship to achieve more fair and reciprocal trade. On March 22, President...
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