Author – The Durango Herald

College really does pay off

WASHINGTON – The earnings gap between young adults with and without bachelor’s degrees has stretched to its widest level in nearly half a century. It’s a sign of the growing value of a colle...

DATE: Feb 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Food-stamp program demographics change

Working-age recipients are still struggling

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Shotgun weddings are fading as cohabitation on the rise

WASHINGTON – No longer taboo, living together has become a more common arrangement for America’s couples who become pregnant while dating. Soon-to-be-released government figures s...

DATE: Jan 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

Young women see pay gains, still inequality

WASHINGTON – Young American women are increasingly likely to receive pay nearly equal to their male counterparts, with earnings at 93 percent of men, a new study finds. Still, those women re...

DATE: Dec 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Rising riches: 1 in 5 hit affluence

Group wary of government role closing the income gap

DATE: Dec 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Homelessness continues to fall

WASHINGTON – The number of homeless people in the U.S. has declined for a third straight year. That’s according to a new government survey. The Obama administration says the drop ...

DATE: Nov 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New signs of rising illegal immigration into U.S.

WASHINGTON – The number of immigrants crossing the border illegally into the U.S. appears to be on the rise again after dropping during the recession. The total number of immigran...

DATE: Sep 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Census data indicates ‘selective recovery’

No sign of economic rebound for many in U.S.

DATE: Sep 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Poverty stuck at 15% despite economic uptick

WASHINGTON – The nation’s poverty rate remained stuck at 15 percent last year despite America’s slowly reviving economy, a discouraging lack of improvement for the record 46.5 million poor a...

DATE: Sep 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Chasing the elusive American dream

Financial hardship on the rise among whites

DATE: Jul 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. whites falling to minority in under-5 age group

WASHINGTON – In a first, America’s racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group, reflecting sweeping changes by race and class among young people. Due to an a...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites

WASHINGTON – America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012, and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized pr...

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World