Two New England states top the list of those where the middle class is declining, according to a study by 24/7 Wall St. published recently by USA Today.com.
The study, based on income earned before taxes by the middle 20 percent of earners in each state, ranked Rhode Island and Maine among the top five states feeling a middle income squeeze.
(CNSNews.com) – A Communist Party-affiliated Chinese newspaper berated U.S. senators Sunday for passing a bill to rename of the street in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington in honor of a jailed Chinese dissident, describing those responsible as "vile characters."
The bill to name the street for Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel peace prize winner, passed unanimously Friday. It was introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and co-sponsored by Cruz' fellow Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).
