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Seniors Rally in Boston Against Cuts to Social Programs

BOSTON–Chanting “hands off” and “no cuts,” hundreds of seniors rallied here to warn Congress’s deficit-cutting supercommittee to stay away from Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. “When you get older, you need help, not cuts,” said Steve Ciardi, a former pipe fitter who has multiple sclerosis and was in a wheelchair being pushed by his wife, Patty. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/11/09/seniors-rally-in-boston-against-cuts-to-social-programs/ … Read more

Survey: Nearly Half of Students Sexually Harassed in School – High School Notes (usnews.com)

Nearly half of students age 12-17 sexually harassed in school. Sexual harassment of fellow students is downplayed in schools, experts say. Forty-eight percent of surveyed middle and high school students said they were sexually harassed at least once, typically by their peers, during the 2010-2011 school year, according to a report released Monday by the American Association … Read more

‘Technical Fix’ for Social Security Will Shrink Benefits to the Poor | The Nation

Technical Fix for Social Security may reduce benefits significantly over the long haul according to this opinion post in The Nation by William Greider. Do you agree? The ugly part of this gimmick is that it punishes most severely the very people who most need help. http://www.thenation.com/blog/164450/technical-fix-social-security-will-shrink-benefits-poor  

Colbert Report: Susan Saladoff

Documentarian Susan Saladoff explores how the media and corporate America manipulated the public into believing the civil justice system is broken. Susan Saladoff explains tort reform and discusses the myth of frivolous lawsuits. She explains that the system works because of jury trials and that attorneys will not represent clients that have frivolous lawsuits. http://www.cc.com/video-clips/wsqtx0/the-colbert-report-susan-saladoff … Read more

ACLU releases documents alleging sexual abuse of female detainees

“The fact that these women sought sanctuary in the United States — only to find abuse at the hands of officials they thought would protect them — is wholly inconsistent with America’s self-proclaimed reputation as a beacon of human rights,” Lisa Graybill, legal director of the ACLU of Texas http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/10/aclu-sexual-abuse-detainees.html ACLU: The ACLU has released … Read more

Social Security benefits will increase 2.8 percent in 2019, the largest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in seven years.

The COLA, announced Thursday, Oct. 11, will increase the average Social Security retirement benefit by $39 a month or roughly $468 a year. The average single retired Social Security recipient is expected to receive $1,422 in December 2018 before increasing to $1,461 a month later. The COLA affects household budgets for about 1 in 5 Americans, … Read more