Tag: economy
The shutdown causes some parents to pay twice for child care
Federal employees have child care fees to add to long lists of expenses for households that live paycheck to paycheck.
Spreading wealth to maintain consumption
What will happen if robots, AI, and automation displace a huge percentage of workers. How will there be enough consumers to buy all the goods and services produced if there is a big drop in earnings?
The big economic switcheroo
America’s wealthy have never been wealthier. They should pay their fair share of taxes. The big switcheroo should be reversed.
By the best definition, the poverty rate should be tripled
But poverty deniers won't look deeper, because they don't want to admit that anyone willing to work could be suffering in the richest country in the world.
Five things the shutdown shows us about 2019
This Trump-created crisis and the standoff that ensued give us an early indication of how little the Democratic Party as a whole has changed.
Trump’s trade Czar, the latest architect of imperial disaster
No matter how deeply flawed such geopolitical visions may ultimately prove to be, their brief moments as official policy have regularly shaped the destiny of nations and of empires in unpredictable, unplanned, and often dangerous ways.
Full Bernie Sanders speech on economic justice, healthcare, opposing Trump &...
Bernie Sanders in a keynote speech on healthcare, raising the minimum wage and his bipartisan resolution to end military support for the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing of Yemen.
Black Friday Amerika: ‘Shop till we all drop’!!
Old Ben Franklin said it best: “A penny saved is a penny earned.” Hear that all you Wal-Mart shoppers?
Your favorite charity has most of its money in Wall Street
About 93 percent of charitable foundation money is parked in Wall Street investments. But foundations are starting to make better choices.
Social Security helped slash elderly poverty to 9.2 percent in the...
So if Americans agree that our elders should never again return to having to age in poverty, there are several ways we can shore up the Social Security system.
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Third police officer sentenced to prison for framing black males
“These three police officers from Biscayne Park disgraced themselves and damaged the public’s trust in law enforcement."
Democrats are afraid of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez too. And that’s a good thing.
Chief among the reasons for the tension? Ocasio-Cortez’s apparent support for progressive primary challenges against centrist Democrats.
Majority of Americans support a 70% tax rate for mega-rich
"I don't think it's surprising. What we see, overall, is that the vast majority of Americans know that income inequality is one of the biggest issues of our time."
Arizona activists face jail time for providing life-saving aid to migrants crossing Sonoran Desert
Arizona, activists with the humanitarian group No More Deaths go to trial today facing charges for a slew of federal crimes, all due to their efforts to leave water and food in the harsh Sonoran Desert to help refugees and migrants survive the deadly journey across the U.S. border.
US politicians are selling out First Amendment and country for AIPAC cash
Now Congress is climbing on this shameless anti-Constitutional bandwagon.
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