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Mr. Clean

Alexander Zaitchik / Truthdig Aug 21, 2024 Tim Walz is a natural champion for an overdue ban on congressional stock trading. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Gig Economy and Outsourcing: A Dark Net of Near Slavery

Julian Vigo / Truthdig Sep 7, 2018 The gig economy is being driven by those who seek to cut costs; this begins and ends with their ability to wiggle out of being considered “employers” in any sense. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Roadblock to Common-Sense Pension Reform (Video)

Robert Reich / RobertReich.Org Aug 6, 2018 About half of the entire private-sector workforce has no employer-sponsored retirement plan. Several states are trying to address this, but the investment industry is aggressively seeking to block them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Public Safety Is None of Your Business’

Paul Street / Truthdig Mar 20, 2018 And, if we believe what we are being told, neither are corporate welfare, jobs, health insurance, pensions, the environment, tax policy, the distribution of wealth and power or world peace. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Millennials Are Paying for ‘the Western World’s Most Stunning Accounting Disaster to Date’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 7, 2016 A staggering Guardian investigation reveals how, far from being “the most indulged young people in the history of the world," Westerners born in the 1980s and mid-1990s have been betrayed by previous generations that have left them in debt, jobless and locked out of property markets. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Public Sector Unions Pin Hopes on Antonin Scalia Going Rogue

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 12, 2016 The conservative Supreme Court justice holds the key to their fate in a case with blockbuster potential. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Pension Funds Are Endangered by Plummeting Coal Prices

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 15, 2015 The retirement funds of millions of teachers, public sector workers, health care workers and academics are in jeopardy as the price of coal drops and a global campaign to divest from businesses that deal in the fuel gains steam. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Cities and States Pay Massive Secret Fees to Wall Street

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 25, 2015 Less than half of the private equity costs incurred by U.S. pension funds are currently being disclosed, a report says. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

One Year Later, Crimeans Prefer Russia

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 6, 2015 According to a survey that a Bloomberg contributor called "the most representative independent poll taken on the peninsula since its annexation," 82 percent of Crimeans fully support their region's inclusion in Russia rather than Ukraine, while only 4 percent spoke out against it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )