Graduating Seniors Face Bleak Job Market

American Voices

May 13, 2009 | ISSUE 45•20

With the country in the grips of a deep recession, college students will be graduating in a bad job market. What do you think?

Yeah? Well, just tell them to stay away from my job. Hey, do you like men's suits? Two-for-one, today only!

Dana Roren
Sandwich Board Person
My son should be okay, as 91% of DeVry alums find positions in their chosen career fields within six months of graduating.

Frank Bruckner
Bathtub Fabricator
Just goes to show you that a good education is no substitute for a well connected father.

Daniel Edelston
Systems Analyst

U.S. Census Overcounted By 36,000

05.24.12 | ISSUE 48•21

A survey revealed that the 2010 census counted an extra 36,000 people, or 0.01 percent, because of duplicate forms and deaths, which is down from the 0.49 percent overcount in the 2000 census.
Egypt Holds First Presidential Elections

05.23.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Fifteen months after Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak was deposed, Egyptians voted in their first-ever free presidential elections.
Catholic Orgs Sue Over Birth-Control Rule

05.23.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Several Catholic institutions, including Notre Dame, are suing the federal government over the Obama administration’s birth control funding mandate.
Posthumously-Conceived Children Get No Benefits

05.22.12 | ISSUE 48•21

The Supreme Court ruled that a set of twins conceived with frozen sperm through in vitro fertilization 18 months after the father's death are not eligible for Social Security survivor benefits.
Karzai Thanks U.S. Taxpayers For Covering Cost Of War

05.22.12 | ISSUE 48•21

In an address given during the NATO summit in Chicago, Afghan president Hamid Karzai thanked the people of the United States for bearing the cost of the war.