Economy

Mich. Voters Defeat 2 Organized Labor Ballot Issues

2:19am November 08, 2012

by Rick Pluta

Unions poured millions of dollars into ballot campaigns to guarantee collective bargaining rights in the Michigan Constitution and allow state-paid home care assistants to organize into a union. Both were resoundingly defeated.

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Economy

Krispy Kreme Celebrates 75 Years of Doughnut Making

1:57pm July 11, 2012

by Keri Brown

This month, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is celebrating its 75th birthday.

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Child Hunger: Nutritious Food Tough To Afford

1:00pm July 21, 2010

The Obama administration has pledged to end childhood hunger in the U.S. by 2015. Millions of kids cannot get enough to eat at home, and that number is going up, not down. NPR's Pam Fessler and Share our Strength founder Bill Shore talk about childhood hunger and the tug of war between nutrition and frugality.

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Eating Nutritiously A Struggle When Money Is Scarce

12:00am July 20, 2010

The Williamsons of Carlisle, Pa., live well below the poverty line. And in the family's struggle to obtain enough food, nutrition sometimes takes a back seat to necessity. Hunger in America is complicated. It's not just getting enough food, but getting the right food -- and making the right choices.

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Connie Williamson of Carlisle, Pa., struggles to get enough food to feed her family each month.

A Daily Fight To Find Food: One Family's Story

11:37am July 19, 2010

President Obama has pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015. But the number of hungry children in America has been rising: In 2008, almost 17 million children lived in households where getting enough food was a challenge. The Williamson family of five in Carlisle, Pa., who make $18,000 a year, highlight this struggle.

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Economy

Walmart Pledges $2 Billion To U.S. Food Banks

12:00pm May 12, 2010

This morning The Walmart Foundation announced a plan to donate $2 billion over the next five years in cash and food to food banks around the United States. The move marks an expansion of Walmart’s existing partnerships with the organization Feeding America. Guest host Allison Keyes speaks with NPR poverty and philanthropy correspondent Pam Fessler about the donation.

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Wary Of Earth, Haitians Take To Water

8:00am January 23, 2010

Haiti's government says it is ending the search and rescue phase for survivors, following last week's magnitude-7 earthquake. But rescue crews won't be kept from continuing their work. Meanwhile, Haitians are trying to flee their destroyed capital by the tens of thousands, with living conditions in Port-au-Prince now primitive at best. NPR's Jason Beaubien speaks to guest host Audie Cornish from the Caribbean island's docks.

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There's Gold In Them Thar Hills (Again)

8:00am September 06, 2009

A hundred and sixty years have passed since the California Gold Rush of 1849. Today, with the price of gold far exceeding $900 an ounce, gold prospecting is hot again. Memberships in gold prospecting clubs have shot up 85 percent in California in the past year. Just as they did in the 19th century, Americans are packing up their shovels and heading to California's river banks to try and strike it rich.

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There's Gold In Them Thar Hills (Again)

8:00am September 06, 2009

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Festival Fun On The Cheap For Young And Old

4:35pm August 11, 2009

Cost of a Disney vacation makes you queasy? Why not opt instead for the nausea you get from the spinning rides at your neighborhood carnival? NPR's David Schaper found plenty to keep the kids happy at a local fair (and a beer tent for the grown-ups).

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