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Why Employee Pensions Aren’t Bankrupting States
Washington - From state legislatures to Congress to tea party rallies, a vocal backlash is rising against what are perceived as too-generous retirement benefits for state and local government …

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News in Brief: Lawmakers Fighting FDA on Genetically Altered Salmon, and More
Lawmakers Fighting FDA on Genetically Altered Salmon Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) and Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) want to keep the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from making …

Public Pensions 101 (2)
With the recent spate of attacks on climate science and evolution, it should not be a surprise that traditional defined-benefit pensions in the public sector are now also under …

(N)ever Again: Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs
Talking about secretaries of defense... Oh, we weren’t? Well, let’s. After all, they’re in the news.

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Michael Moore: “America Is NOT Broke“
(Photo: Bridgette Blair / Public Citizen; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) America is not broke. Contrary to what those in power would like you to …

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A Libyan Leader at War With Rebels, and Reality
Opposition fighters celebrate by destroying a portrait of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Qaddafi at a new checkpoint 25 miles west of the rebel-held town Ras Lanuf, in Libya, on …

News in Brief: Lawmakers Fighting FDA on Genetically Altered Salmon, and More
Lawmakers Fighting FDA on Genetically Altered Salmon

A Libyan Leader at War With Rebels, and Reality
Tripoli, Libya - Residents here were awakened before dawn on Sunday by the sound of artillery and gunfire in the streets. When they tuned into state television broadcasts, they …

Public Pensions 101
With the recent spate of attacks on climate science and evolution, it should not be a surprise that traditional defined-benefit pensions in the public sector are now also under …

Michael Moore: “America Is NOT Broke“
America is not broke. Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the …