Logo Logo

Ill. City Kicks Homeless Out Of Church-run Shelter

Archives for مارس 2014

FBI Sting Shows San Francisco Chinatown Underworld

Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, the dragonhead of one of the most powerful Asian gangs in North America, is said to have lured state Sen. Leland Yee with money and campaign contributions in exchange for legislative help.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Beneath the strings of red paper lanterns and narrow alleyways of the nation's oldest Chinatown lies a sinister underworld, according to an FBI criminal complaint that has stunned even those familiar with the neighborhood's history of gambling houses, opium dens and occasional gangland-style murders. The federal charges,

اقرأ المقال كاملا

Will Police Presence At TSA Checkpoints Curb Constitutional Violations?

The TSA wants armed officers beside its agents in U.S. airports, raising concerns over potential Fourth Amendment violations and whether armed officers would do more harm than good.

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke
Super Bowl Transit Checkpoint Football

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration released a 25-page report on Wednesday, in which it recommended Congress require every U.S. airport to employ armed law enforcement officers at airport security checkpoints and ticketing counters. The concern, however, is that there is no guarantee that an armed officer’s presence would mitigate the

اقرأ المقال كاملا

Ralph Nader Is Building An Army To Battle Corporate Greed

Five-time presidential candidate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader builds a citizen movement to serve as a corporate watchdog and get shareholders to better distribute wealth.

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke
Nader

The AFL-CIO, in a 2012 survey of chief executive wages, found that the average CEO in the United States was compensated 354 times what the average worker received -- the highest level of wage disparity among all of the nations the AFL-CIO examined. At a time when the real value on employee pay is on the decline, the idea that Lawrence Ellison, CEO

اقرأ المقال كاملا

New Report May Reveal Over $1 Trillion In Corporate Welfare

A refusal to confront corporate welfare shows the grip crony capitalism has on Washington and state capitols.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese
Lloyd Blankfein

In what is being interpreted as an election year stunt, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) released a 204-page statement earlier this month. “The War on Poverty: 50 Years Later” critiques the federal government’s anti-poverty policies, calls the government’s efforts inefficient and marks where he and the GOP feel spending cuts or consolidations are

اقرأ المقال كاملا

Retirement Wave Could Mean Golden Years For Workers

Baby boomers are hitting their so-called “golden years,” starting a retirement wave across the U.S. workforce that neither individuals nor the government are prepared for.

Erik Hare
بواسطة Erik Hare
Janice Durflinger poses for a photo at her workplace in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Durflinger is still working at age 76, running computer software programs for a bank. Still, she worries that a higher retirement age would be tough on people with more physically demanding jobs. "No matter how much you exercise, age takes its toll," Durflinger said. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

While the idea of retirement may be appealing, especially with winter weather making for long commutes this year, an awful lot of workers are not on track to be able to retire. An annual survey conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute found that only 18 percent of respondents are “very confident” that they’ll have enough for retirement

اقرأ المقال كاملا

The Hidden Power Of Dark Money (Podcast)

Pro Publica dives into the shady world of campaign finance.

Nicole Collins Bronzan for Pro Publica
بواسطة Nicole Collins Bronzan for Pro Publica

Midterm races are approaching, and tax returns continue to yield telling tidbits from the 2012 election. In their campaign finance reporting, ProPublica's Kim Barker and Theo Meyer look for ways to help Americans understand the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling on political spending. For the latest podcast, they

اقرأ المقال كاملا