Robin Young

How to avoid online job scams targeting the unemployed

Fake companies are targeting the unemployed, and often ask for financial or personal information that hackers can use to break into a person’s bank accounts or steal an identity.

Somerville, Mass., aims to reinvent itself to improve community health

Health & Medicine

Dumpster diving to live off America’s food waste

Global Politics

GOP debate: Perry’s claims about social security ‘just wrong’

Global Politics

Growing number of firms seek to alter your search reputation

Environment

Children bear the brunt of Alabama’s new immigration law

Global Politics

American-born children of undocumented residents are living in fear of their parents’ deportation as Alabama’s new immigration law takes effect.

Robert Reich: Government budget cuts could make job crisis worse

Reich says government spending would revive the economy and put more people to work.

Union benefits unsustainable, states claim

In states like Wisconsin and Ohio, Republicans are leading the charge against unions, arguing that union benefits are unsustainable.

The Bad Plus CD is all original

Arts, Culture & Media

The music trio, The Bad Plus, talks about influences which have led them to their newest CD, “Never Stop.” This is their first album to exclusively contain songs written by the band.

Breath test detects diabetes, cancer and other diseases

Health & Medicine

Developers of the breath test say there is an 85 percent accuracy in spotting lung cancer using the breathalyzer.