America Faces an Epidemic of Retirement Insecurity

Tom Conway / Independent Media Institute Mar 2, 2020 A combination of pension plans, Social Security and personal savings once carried our retirees through their golden years. Not anymore. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders’ Radical New Proposal Could Transform America

Marjorie Cohn / Truthout Jun 16, 2019 The presidential hopeful takes a page from FDR's book to propose an economic bill of rights that could drastically improve Americans' lives. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Employers Are Doing Irreversible Damage to Older Workers’ Lives

Peter Gosselin / ProPublica Jan 3, 2019 A new data analysis shows more than half of U.S. workers over 50 are pushed out of longtime jobs before they choose to retire. Dig deeper ( 20 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 )

How Companies Like Amazon Exploit Itinerant Elderly Workers (Video)

Staff / Truthdig and Chris Hedges Jan 17, 2018 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges discusses "Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century" with author Jessica Bruder in an eye-opening conversation about America's mobile elderly workforce. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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A-Rod Leaves the Yankees

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John Oliver, Outraged Over His 401(k), Tells Us All We Need to Know About Retirement Plans (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jun 13, 2016 Financial advisers chose the wrong late-night show host to try to bamboozle with complicated retirement plans full of hidden fees. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Like Many Americans, My Mom Has No Retirement Savings

By Tiffany Williams / Other Words Dec 10, 2015 “My plan is just to work until I die.” That’s how my mom sums up her retirement prospects. Dig deeper ( 3 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 )

VIDEO: Expanding Social Security Is Step 3 in Saving the Economy

Robert Reich / Truthdig May 16, 2015 You hear a lot about how corporations are struggling to make good on their pension promises, and how Social Security won’t be there for you in retirement. Baloney on both counts. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why You Should Dump Your Oil, Coal and Gas Stocks If You Ever Want to Retire

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 11, 2015 What is the total value of big energy corporations' oil, gas and coal fields -- which give them their stock prices and are counted as assets for borrowing purposes? Those hydrocarbon resources are actually worth zero. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )