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By: Ted Knutson, Forbes, April 29, 2018 Long-term care and overall medical expenses are growing as financial worries for retirees. Nearly half of seniors have little or no confidence they have enough money for nursing homes and other long-care. That worry grew to 49% this year, up from 45% last year, in the annual retirement confidence survey released today by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), a non-partisan Washington think tank. Twice as many retirees requiring long-term care in the last five years said the expense was much higher than expected compared to the elderly who haven’t needed the intense […]

By Penelope Kyritsis, Truthout.org, Sunday, April 29, 2018 On 24 April 2018, over 200 domestic workers, farmworker women and allies came together for the Unstoppable Day of Action at the US capitol, calling on lawmakers to pass sexual harassment protections for all workers. After a press conference in the morning, a delegation of women led by the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and the Alianza Nacional de Campesinas (National Farmworker Women’s Alliance) visited over 60 members of Congress  from both chambers to discuss legislative solutions to sexual harassment. Specifically, they are calling on employers, lawmakers, and advocates all over the United States to: Close legal loopholes so […]