Social Security's 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Is on Track to Yield an Unpleasant Surprise Also, national pollster Gallup has shown that as many as 90% of surveyed retirees said they rely on their Social Security income, in some capacity, to pay their bills. 04/27/2024 - 8:44 pm | View Link
Social Security’s COLA formula could change under new proposal — and mean higher benefits for seniors Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment could face changes under new proposals in Congress that aim to make it more reflective of the everyday costs incurred by older adults. U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona introduced the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act, 04/27/2024 - 4:05 am | View Link
‘Nobody's getting wealthy on Social Security,' lawmaker says. The November election may influence the program's future Social Security’s trust funds are projected to run out in the next decade. When lawmakers address that dilemma, they will also define the program’s future role. 04/27/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
Social Security COLA Overhaul? Bill Aims to Align Benefits with Senior Inflation The AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the Alliance for Retired Americans endorsed Gallego’s bill. In the Senate, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn., has introduced companion legislation cosponsored by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.; Peter Welch, D-VT; and John Fetterman, D-Penn. 04/26/2024 - 12:00 pm | View Link
Tom Wolfe’s A Man in Full is a massive book, in more ways than one. A 742-page social novel with an iconoclastic Atlanta real estate mogul at its center, it took Wolfe over a decade to research and write. When it was published, in 1998, Farrar, Straus & Giroux ordered a jaw-dropping initial print run of 1.2 million hardcover copies; two years later, it had sold 1.4 million.
Ordered by police to leave the scene of a UCLA campus protest after violence broke out, Catherine Hamilton and three colleagues from the Daily Bruin suddenly found themselves surrounded by demonstrators who beat, kicked and sprayed them with a noxious chemical.
On American campuses awash in anger this spring, student journalists are in the center of it all, sometimes uncomfortably so.
Brent Terhune is back and he's talking about Governor Puppy Killer, aka Kristi Noem. He says that Puppy Killer did a good thing and saved countless lives because you can't have a little baby Cujo running around scooting on the carpet, chewing on a shoe you left out or doing other puppy things.
It’s been more than 50 years since Columbia University became the site of student demonstrations amid unrest over the Vietnam War, but the spirit of protest on campus remains strong.
Late Tuesday night, dozens of protestors sieged Hamilton Hall—the iconic site of numerous student occupations over the course of history—and unfurled a banner to reveal the building’s new name by protestors: “Hind’s Hall.” The designation was in honor of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli troops in Gaza.
Student protests over the ongoing conflict in Gaza have become a thorny issue for President Joe Biden and many Democrats, drawing attention to his Administration’s stance on Israel and highlighting divisions within the party.
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The protests, which have erupted on campuses like Columbia University and UCLA, present a delicate balancing act for Biden as he navigates the complexities of U.
The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Then came word that barn cats — half of them on one farm — had died suddenly.
Within days, the Amarillo veterinarian was hearing about sick cows with unusual symptoms: high fevers, reluctance to eat and much less milk.