Tag: pensions
Sanders pushes ‘Pensions for All’ to confront corporate greed and America’s...
With nearly half of older workers having no retirement savings, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces sweeping legislation to guarantee all Americans the same pension security enjoyed by members of Congress.
America’s biggest public pension fund is slow-walking corporate climate action, report...
CalPERS says it needs to hold onto billions in fossil fuel shares in order to push polluters in the right direction – but a new report details a pattern of voting against climate proposals.
The roadblock to common sense pension reform
Vote for legislators who want to allow workers to save for retirement and against legislators who are shills for the financial sector.
By exploiting and mismanaging public pensions, Wall Street has cost taxpayers...
"Most people (including policymakers) still have no idea that skimming fees off public employees' retirement savings has become one of the largest sources of profits for Wall Street moguls."
Christie Tells It Like It Isn’t
Any politician that has to tell you that they’re truth-tellers, probably aren't. So beware of the big man from New Jersey, Chris Christie, who just threw his name in the hat for the 2016 presidential race.
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Iran retaliation revives scrutiny of US military bases across the Gulf
Iranian strikes on Gulf energy sites and renewed threats against American installations are exposing how decades of US military expansion in the Middle East have tied Washington to regional regimes while increasing risks of wider war.
Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
No king but madness reigns
Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.
Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.