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Mike Alberti

Truthout
Dec 10, 2017
Latest from Mike Alberti
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Citizens Without Obligations?

If American corporations are, as the Supreme Court ruled in 2010, citizens entitled to free speech and other rights from the nation, it is unclear what corresponding obligations…
by
Mike Alberti,
Remapping Debate
June 22, 2013
Truthout
News Analysis

Can We Cut Healthcare Costs Without Hurting Patients?

Keeping the u201cbest careu201d option out of the health spending equation.
by
Mike Alberti,
Remapping Debate
March 17, 2013
Truthout
News

Even With the Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Coverage Remains Unaffordable for Many

Any hopes that large employers would be penalized for failing to offer affordable insurance coverage to the spouses and dependent children of their employees is dashed.
by
Mike Alberti,
ReMapping Debate
January 20, 2013
Truthout
News Analysis

Pensions: A Promise is a Promise… Unless it’s Inconvenient

In the years since the recession, Rhode Island has hardly been alone in cutting pension benefits to state employees.
by
Mike Alberti,
Remapping Debate
December 23, 2012
Truthout
News Analysis

Dirty Money: Cities and States Addicted to Soliciting for Corporate Favors

Airbus wasnu2019t coming to Alabama for free: state and local officials had offered the company an incentive package worth more than $158 million for the plant.
by
Mike Alberti,
Remapping Debate
September 15, 2012
Truthout
News Analysis

States to Residents: Forget Promises to Restore School Funding

In state after state, politicians justified the large budget cuts on the grounds that the condition of the state budget made it temporarily necessary to reduce services.
by
Mike Alberti,
Remapping Debate
June 9, 2012
Truthout
News Analysis

What If Pensions Funds Grabbed the Reins?

(Photo: Tetsumo) Public and private pension funds in the United States collectively have trillions of dollars in combined assets. They own more than a third of all domestic…
by
Mike Alberti,
Remapping Debate
April 22, 2012
Truthout
News

Private Consultants Rake in Public Pension Fund Fees

The woes of public pension funds have generally been placed squarely at the feet of public employees, who are often accused of having bloated pension packages that are…
by
Mike Alberti,
Remapping Debate
April 8, 2012
Truthout

For Some Hondurans, Elections Change Little

On the eve of Honduras’ “free and fair” elections, a handful of men and women from the community of Guadalupe Carney, Honduras, held a silent vigil. Earlier that…
by
Lauren Sutherland &
Mike Alberti,
Truthout
December 15, 2009
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