Corporate Welfare in California
Right now, a grassroots movement is growing of Californians determined to reform this broken commercial property tax system, and who know California needs more stable funding for its schools, libraries, roads, and communities.
This company got a $10 million PPP loan, then closed its plant and moved...
Many American businesses received millions in federal pandemic aid intended to protect workers, but exploited loopholes and rule changes to lay off those employees anyway.
Five groups of Americans who’ll get shafted under Trump’s hiring freeze
This freeze is a bad idea, but there will be more where this came from.
Sanders backers win major reforms as Democratic Nat’l Committee votes to limit superdelegate power
Democrats voted to vastly reduce the power of superdelegates in choosing the party’s presidential nominee.
Too little, too late: Weeks after election, media see Trump’s conflicts, potential self-dealings, and...
The media mostly missed this pressing story once during the campaign. They can’t afford to overlook it a second time.
A ‘Poor People’s Moral Budget’ because ‘everybody has the right to live’
"For too long, we have turned to those with wealth and power to solve our most pressing social problems."
Hillary’s Dance: The Two-Faced Hypocritical 12-Step
Given Hillary's past deceits and reversals, it's easy to see why she doesn't inspire trust among the American people. Is Hillary dancing around reality?
Will Americans let Trump start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?
On Saturday, September 14th, two oil refineries and other oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia were hit and set ablaze by 18 drones...
The Share-the-Scraps Economy
We are barreling toward a “share” economy where robots do everything predictably programmable in advance and human beings do all of the unpredictable tasks. This is the troubling reality of the new digitized economy.
Amped-up Age of Anxiety weaponized into Age of Nostalgia
Today, alas, confirms the truth of Pete Hamill’s quip, “The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it's nostalgia.”