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May 18, 2023
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Timothy Noah
Think CEO Pay Is Outrageous? Get a Load of CEO Retirement Plans
They are called—I kid you not—“top hat” plans. And they drain everybody else’s 401(k)s.
March 1, 2023
Tori Otten
Every Democrat Who Voted With Republicans to Block a Rule on Sustainable Investing
Environmental, social, and corporate governance, or ESG, investing is Republicans’ new favorite target in the war on “wokeness.” And a few Democrats are helping them.
February 28, 2023
Tori Otten
In Fake Culture War, House Republicans Vote to Ban Retirement Plans From Considering ESG Investments
Republicans are targeting a Labor Department rule that allows (but does not require) retirement plans to take into account environmental, social, and corporate governance.
December 8, 2021
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Grace Segers
The 2022 Midterms Are Shaping Up to Be a Blue Wave—of Retirements
With partisan redistricting favoring the GOP and an increasingly “toxic” environment on Capitol Hill, more and more Democrats are opting to leave the House.
March 30, 2021
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Chris Moody
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Living Nowhere
As more people are giving up traditional addresses for life on the road, some find themselves wondering if they escaped the grind or just found a new one.
January 13, 2021
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
Against Remote Work
After decades of being about to catch on, remote work may have finally arrived for good. But at what cost to our privacy and sanity?
May 19, 2020
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J.C. Pan
Rebuilding Retirement After the Pandemic
The coronavirus crisis has revealed some enduring flaws in America’s civic immune system. It may have also illuminated a time-honored cure.
April 22, 2020
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J.C. Pan
Generational Warfare in a Pandemic
The fault line in this crisis is a small cohort of wealthy boomers against everyone else.
March 27, 2019
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Rachel M. Cohen
The New Politics of the Retirement Crisis
As 18 million Baby Boomers brace for the financial insecurity of old age, Democrats are pushing to expand Social Security and other elderly benefits.
November 20, 2018
Max Holleran
Retirement in America? Too Expensive.
A new book examines the lives of expats in Ecuador and their struggle to stay in the middle class.
June 14, 2017
Magazine
Mary Pilon
Life at Trump Pavilion
How will the president’s budget affect the elderly? A visit to the nursing home that bears his name.
February 18, 2015
Danny Vinik
The Alarming Retirement Crisis Facing Minorities in America
October 28, 2014
Hillary Kelly
Michel Faber Wrote This Heartbreaking Book While His Wife Was Dying. Now He Says It's His Last.
June 5, 2014
Danny Vinik
Millennials Got Hammered by the Great Recession. Retirement Will Hurt Even More.
May 16, 2014
Danny Vinik
Democrats Should Read Marco Rubio's Social Security Plan. There's a Lot to Like.
April 4, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Letterman Wasn't That Funny, Which Is Exactly Why He Matters
January 31, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Farewell to Henry Waxman, a Liberal Hero
February 28, 2013
Alexander Nazaryan
Should Jim Crace Retire?
February 19, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Incredible Disappearing Health Benefits
Can a coal company get away with breaking promises to workers?
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