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Going back to work in a formal office setting from 9-5 is now being openly discussed as outdated, prehistoric, and pre-pandemic behavior. But that’s the nature of work.
Progressive politics and economics make sense to a middle class that has not seen real wages rise since the 1970s.
If you are buying property in south Florida, take special care to examine the details. Learn how to detect a bad real estate agent,s, and what other pitfalls you may encounter.
Buying a house is one of the most significant financial and personal journeys of your life. Find out what mortgage companies will be looking for when you buy a house.
Buying your first house is a major financial and personal milestone for anyone. But, don’t be intimidated. You have more sources of help than ever.
If the Biden administration even thinks of appointing the chairman of JP Morgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, to a position in its cabinet, they should just admit they are working for US corporations. Top corporate CEOs are a reflection of their corporations. Dimon and JP Morgan Chase have to explain why they are getting fined so…
There is a silver lining to all the chaos and inequality created and exacerbated by the Trump administration. The silver lining is that if Bernie Sanders is named to head the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), this position will give him the power to make significant pro-worker advances in many areas under the DOL’s…
I was a poll worker yesterday in West Boca Raton, Florida, and I issued the ballots when voters gave me their driver’s license. I looked them in the face, saw their birthdays, addresses, and when that information was entered, the system printed out their party affiliation. I was there about 14 hours, and by noon,…
Conservative political commentators today like to compare the cultural and political grassroots movement of the late-1960s to what is happening today, but they are not even close to describing the intensity and scope of what happened about 50 years ago. The cultural and political upheavals of the late-1960s relied on the mass anti-Viet Nam war,…
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This is a great article about Jessee Jackson’s early days of proposing a single-payer healthcare system in 1988. It gives some real political context as to why the changes to the US healthcare system have failed due to the health insurance lobby. It points out that Hillary Clinton and, worse, Bill Clinton were corporate Democrats…
The current global coronavirus pandemic is impacting all aspects of social, economic and mental health, but it’s also impacting the retirement security of millions of Americans. The reason is that housing, including rental expenses and the level of homeownership, have all been negatively affected by the viruses’ economic impact. Homeownership is one of the…
“If average Black family wealth continues to grow at the same pace it has over the past three decades, it would take Black families 228 years to amass the same amount of wealth White families [had in 2013]. That’s just 17 years shorter than the 245 years of slavery in this country. “For the…
First, there was significant student debt, then jobs that didn’t pay a living wage, job insecurity, and the rise of the gig economy. The net effect of all these factors is that millennials now say they will be renters for years, some say forever. Even worse, this will definitely impact building retirement wealth…
The story of income inequality and wage stagnation is now a core element of the Democratic candidates’ policy platforms, but a new report from the Federal Reserve paints and even more damning description. In this article from The People’s Policy Project, author Matt Bruenig found that “between 1989 and 2018,…
A new survey by Cerulli Associates finds that workers are reporting they have major concerns about their financial futures. This report, sources of Financial Stress by Cerulli, says “a survey of 1,500 401(k) plan participants it conducted in the second quarter of this year (2019) found that participants under the age of…
One of the key causes of racial inequality is economic inequality. For many people seeking to explain the racial inequality that has persisted since the Civil War, the economic argument is often intertwined with discrimination and the need to gain a more powerful political voice in government. These remain the prime variables…
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