It’s nearly noon on a beautiful Friday at the global headquarters of outdoor clothing company Patagonia. Workers gather around laptops on picnic tables nestled under a grape arbor. Some lift their voices to be heard over the sounds of children squealing with laughter on the grassy playground at the

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald laid out his vision for the department on Monday. The VA is going on a hiring blitz.  The beleaguered Veterans Affairs department is launching a major recruitment campaign to bring aboard legions of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals.

Protesters demonstrate outside a McDonald's in Chicago. Hundreds of workers from McDonald's, Taco Bell, Wendy's and other fast-food chains were expected to walk off their jobs Thursday to push the companies to pay their employees at least $15 an hour, according to labor organizers. M. Spencer