CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts
Members of Business Roundtable, a corporate lobby advocating for cuts to retirees’ benefts, have retirement acounts more than 1,200 times the size of the median American work...
Nov 19, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Military Stifling Support for Sexual Assault Reforms, High-Ranking Officer Says Military Stifling Support for Sexual Assault Reforms, High-Ranking Officer Says
Commanders are also encouraging service members to lobby against Senator Gillibrand’s bill.
Nov 15, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Elizabeth Warren to Regulators, Congress: End ‘Too Big to Fail’ Elizabeth Warren to Regulators, Congress: End ‘Too Big to Fail’
In a speech Tuesday the Massachusetts senator offered an indictment of the enforcers and lawmakers who have failed to rein in the financial system.
Nov 13, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Twice Betrayed, Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma Face Discrimination at the VA Twice Betrayed, Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma Face Discrimination at the VA
In trying to obtain VA benefits for the mental health effects of military sexual trauma, many survivors face bureaucratic hurdles, long delays and ultimately, rejection.
Nov 11, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Campaigning (and Winning) on Climate Change Campaigning (and Winning) on Climate Change
Environmental groups leveraged millions to make climate change a key issue in the race for governor of Virginia and seats on a Washington State county council.
Nov 6, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Will ENDA Be the Next Casualty of the GOP’s Internal Crisis? Will ENDA Be the Next Casualty of the GOP’s Internal Crisis?
Dim prospects for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the House illustrate how far right of the American mainstream the GOP has drifted.
Nov 5, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers
Only 3 percent of the population are likely to lose their current insurance policies and pay higher premiums because of Obamacare.
Nov 1, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
How States Taken Over by the GOP in 2010 Have Been Quietly Screwing Over the American Worker How States Taken Over by the GOP in 2010 Have Been Quietly Screwing Over the American Worker
A broad campaign to strip employees of their rights is being fueled by corporate cash and conservative state lawmakers.
Oct 31, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
The NSA Spied on Angela Merkel—and the Rest of Us, Too The NSA Spied on Angela Merkel—and the Rest of Us, Too
There is nothing praiseworthy in opposing the violation of the privacy of powerful world leaders while ignoring the rights of millions of ordinary citizens.
Oct 30, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Privacy Advocates Turn Up the Heat on the ‘Business-as-Usual Brigade’ Privacy Advocates Turn Up the Heat on the ‘Business-as-Usual Brigade’
The Senate Intelligence Committee is expected to take up legislation to reform the NSA’s spying authority next week.
Oct 25, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter