Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Capitalism hasn’t been working for most people for the last 40...
"We haven’t been challenged, to put it in a way. But we are being challenged now, because so many people have done so poorly."
The kindly 87-year-old man who took all the school kids’ lunch money
There seems to be no corporate recognition of the shameful act of taking decades of societal largesse and then doing everything possible to avoid paying for any of it.
NRA board member Ted Nugent calls Parkland students poor, pathetic liars with no soul
Nugent: "The evidence is irrefutable, they have no soul."
Improving public education
As we know, education has become ever more expensive over the last 40 years. Teachers' salaries have declined, and school expenses have risen.
Trump’s two-step strategy to take over the truth
The American people deserve better
Blistering U.N. report: Trump administration’s policies designed to worsen poverty & inequality
40 million Americans live in poverty, and 18.5 million Americans live in extreme poverty.
Jobs report coverage lacked context, worker perspective
Workers might be in a better position to push wages up if employers are forced to compete with both the fear of the pandemic and increased unemployment payments.
“Revitalizing, revolutionizing and democratizing art education”: The birth of New Masters Academy
‘This is the space where I think my political and artistic lives intersect.”
American billionaires’ net worth up $931 billion since start of COVID-19 pandemic
The total collective wealth of American billionaires is "nearly double the $2.1 trillion in total wealth held by the bottom half of the population, or 165 million Americans."
Texas nonprofit aims to solve two problems: Homelessness and environmental cleanup
To date, the program has paid out over $100,000 in earned income and helped 24 individuals experiencing homelessness secure stable housing.