Clintons’ Affair With Wall Street Grows With Son-in-Law’s Hedge Fund Hookup
Mar 25, 2015 Marc Mezvinsky, a money manager at the hedge fund firm Eaglevale, married Chelsea Clinton in July 2010 and seems to have reaped benefits from the Clintons' wide web of financial supporters.
Do As We Say, Congress Says, Before Doing What It Wants
Feb 1, 2013 Did you know Congress is exempt from portions of a number of federal laws, including provisions that protect workers in the private sector but don’t apply to the legislative branch’s approximately 30,000 employees? Here’s a look at some of the measures Congress exempts itself from.
Truthdigger of the Week: Michael Paarlberg
Jan 27, 2013 After leaving a trail of dead in the private sector, the “long and steady march toward a fully disposable workforce” has turned sharply toward the public sector in recent years, the labor scholar tells us in a column for The Guardian. After leaving a trail of dead in the private sector, the “long and steady march toward a fully disposable workforce” has made a sharp turn in recent years toward the public sector, the labor scholar tells us.
Joblessness Hangs at 45% in Blockaded Gaza
Jun 14, 2011 In findings that can hardly be expected to generate Palestinian good will for Israel, a five-year Israeli blockade on Gazan exports has contributed heavily to the joblessness of nearly half the population and a sharp decline in real wages, according to a U.N. report.
Job Cuts Outpace Hiring
Oct 8, 2010 What's bad? September saw 159,000 public sector employees laid off. What's worse? A good number of those layoffs were teachers, as private sector hiring failed to keep pace with job cuts by federal and local governments.
