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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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Clean energy finance passes fossil fuels for the first time, but little reaches low-income...
Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. report G20 and development bank clean energy finance averaged $52.7 billion a year from 2023 to 2025
The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet
As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
2 million Americans lack clean water access, especially Native Americans
“It’s hard to imagine that in America today, people are living without basics like safe and reliable water service.”
Only 10 vaquita porpoises remain in the world, scientists announce
Despite the marine mammal's alarming decline, the international committee emphasized that the vaquita is not extinct and that recovery remains possible.
What The Media Should Know About Gun Background Checks
Although the details of the plan have not yet been released, several outlets are reporting that the Obama administration will address what is known as the “gun show loophole” or “private sales loophole.”