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Gov. Bruce Rauner made a fortune charging high fees to public pensions. Once elected, he tried to slash pension benefits.

Public pensions squander tens of billions of dollars each year on risky, poor-performing alternative investments like hedge funds.

Matt Bruenig of People's Policy Project and Premal Dharia, founder of Defender Impact Initiative, are this week’s guests.

A Florida state agency invested $200 million with a massive Wall Street private equity firm one week after the firm’s CEO donated to a super PAC run by Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

Kentucky’s willingness to gamble massively on high-risk alternative investments for its pensions has made the state an easy mark for Wall Street hucksters.

Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., have both pushed employee stock ownership plans, a potential tool to reduce income inequality.

Far from remaining aloof from politics, No Labels has been swooping down into the fray in recent years on behalf of Republicans and conservative Democrats.

On Wall Street, most men accused of sexual harassment continue to pursue their careers — even after paying large judgments.

Radical measures are needed to address the economic crisis caused by the new coronavirus. Can Congress find the political will?

“We just want him to meet us halfway and act like a normal Democrat who believes in the party.”