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Don’t Hold Your Breath

Christopher Weyant May 9, 2024 Dig deeper

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Taking Their Keys

John Darkow Sep 7, 2023 Dig deeper

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Levers of Power

Adam Zyglis Jul 31, 2023 Dig deeper

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 and Chris Hedges / Truthdig 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 )

Guest of Honor

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Jan 13, 2018 Dig deeper

A-Rod Leaves the Yankees

Jeff Danziger / Truthdig Aug 9, 2016 Dig deeper

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 )