by Jenny Leonard | Aug 25, 2015 | Data Projects
WASHINGTON—The two female students who graduated from the Army’s elite Ranger School this month made it official—women are capable of fighting alongside and keeping up with their male counterparts. But since the DoD announced in 2013 that all positions will be...
by Lucy Ren | Aug 25, 2015 | Data Projects
With four months left in 2015, the banking industry this year has lost more than last year from bank failures, ending the steady streaks of declines in both assets of failed banks and the cost of closing them since the 2008 financial crisis. “The banking industry...
by Jin Wu | Aug 25, 2015 | Data Projects
In 2013, the federal government spent about $65 billion on prescription drugs covered by Medicare’s Part D program; and more than half of them were for branded drugs, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The addition of prescription-drug...
by Yimian Wu | Aug 25, 2015 | Data Projects
Over the past decade, the rapid economic growth, growing wealth, and skyrocketing real estate prices in China have prompted Chinese investors to shop for real estate abroad. Large companies from China bought prime office buildings and luxury residential buildings in...
by Taylor Hall | Aug 25, 2015 | Data Projects
In the fall of 2011, the Obama administration unveiled its “Pivot to Asia” – a strategic “re-balancing” of U.S. interests from Europe and the Middle East toward East Asia. The pivot meant the United States would expand and intensify its already significant...
by Andersen Xia | Jun 11, 2015 | Data Projects
WASHINGTON — Young Hispanic workers face the most occupational danger, and that does not surprise Jo Bany Reyes, a 21-year-old El Salvadorian immigrant who has been working on construction sites for more than three years. According to a report recently released by two...
