Tag: pension
Social Security helped slash elderly poverty to 9.2 percent in the...
So if Americans agree that our elders should never again return to having to age in poverty, there are several ways we can shore up the Social Security system.
As Public Pensions Shift to Risky Wall Street, Local Politicians Rake...
A recent political scandal in which investments done in secret are politically connected with Wall Street's firms who are in return earning millions off of taxpayers is getting little coverage. Journalist David Sirota is revealing his findings about these secrets to Democracy Now.
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“Thank you for your service”: pardons for war criminals and indifference for those damaged...
I can’t remember who recently said it, but the point has been made that we often call people heroes because it’s easier to sacrifice them when they’re given this honorific and simply move on.
‘An absolute outrage’: Sanders rips ‘wealthy tax cheats’ as CBO estimates $381 billion in...
“The richest 1% is responsible for 70% of all unpaid taxes... Congress is leaving hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes uncollected from the wealthy.”
Bee populations are thriving in the UK as human lifestyle changed due to pandemic
This news is definitely something to “bee” happy about and should give us hope that our actions really can make a difference and improve the Earth.
By his words and actions, Trump is facilitating, proliferating the spread of Covid-19
An American president must never again be allowed to fully manage a response to any pandemic. That responsibility must be assigned to scientists and other medical experts.
Undercover patriots
Trump, Tulsa, and the rise of military dissent...