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The Hidden & Excessive Costs of 401(k)s

Fees can cost nearly $155,000 over a lifetime

New Survey On Credit Card Debt

40 Percent of Households Used Credit Cards To Pay For Basic Living Expenses

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What The Facebook IPO Really Says About America's Economy

Respect Montana on Citizens United!

Demos, Fmr. Acting Solicitor General Walter Dellinger to SCOTUS: Don't Summarily Reverse Montana Decision

The Voter Empowerment Act of 2012

Why the new House voting rights omnibus bill is needed more than ever

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True Cost Of Mutual Funds

May 25, 2012

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War and Tourism

New York City's Fleet Week 2012 is about to end. Since 1984, thousands of maritime members of the U.S Navy, Marines and Coast Guard have spent the week around Memorial Day in and around New...

May 29, 2012 | Jennifer Wheary

Stopping Renewable Energy from Being "Dirty" Energy

One of the main benefits of renewable energy is that we can meet our energy demands in a way that is more environmentally sustainable and through a medium that has a seemingly infinite supply. In...

May 29, 2012 | Mijin Cha

Another Reason to Distrust Wall Street: 401(k) Fees

The last thing that Wall Street and the securities industry needed right now was another black mark against it -- which was exactly what the bungled Facebook IPO has delivered. As reported today in...

May 29, 2012 | David Callahan

Europe's Needless Depression

ATHENS -- Europe is right on the edge of a needless calamity. One can view the European debacle through three lenses -- the weakness of European governmental institutions in a crisis; the excessive...

May 29, 2012 | Robert Kuttner

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The Retirement Savings Drain: Hidden & Excessive Costs of 401(k)s

Though your retirement or bank accounts statements contain no evidence of it, everyone who has an IRA, 401k, or any other individual retirement savings account pays a variety of fees every year. But...

Report

Robert Hiltonsmith

One Last Chance to Avoid Prison-Based Gerrymandering in Kansas

The report is timed to the two-day federal trial that starts tomorrow morning that will redraw Kansas’ legislative districts. If the Court were to adopt the House’s proposed map, Kansas would...

Policy Brief

Peter Wagner

Brenda Wright

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