‘This Is a Battle Between What People Need & What Money Wants.’ How’s That Going to End?
Class warfare, American style, is ever more obvious. But how much are ordinary people taking note?
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Why Does Congress Fight Over Childcare But Not F-35s?
Details on why Congress is addicted handing out military pork as opposed to spending money on citizens’ needs.
Read more...Smear Campaigns Work: Pro-Transparency Board Member Margaret Brown, Candidate Tiffany Emon-Moran, Both Lose CalPERS Board Election
The California public employees unions that have bizarrely made clear that they are firmly on the side of having CalPERS continue to be poorly run have gotten their way. Pro accountability, pro-transparency board member Margaret Brown, and Tiffany Emon-Moran, who was challenging incumbent and staunch staff David Miller, were both defeated in this year’s board […]
Read more...Does America Want a CHIPS for Buybacks Act?
To bring more chips-making back to the US, Congress should condition additional funds on suspending stock buybacks.
Read more...Climate Advocates Voice Concerns Over Fossil Fuel Handouts in Stalled Infrastructure Legislation
One month after Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana, infrastructure and “build back better” talk ignores survival needs on climate crisis frontlines
Read more...NLRB General Counsel Authors Memo Characterizing ‘Student-Athletes’ as Employees, Clearing Way for Them to Unionize; Employment Law Implications Extend to Others Misclassified as Independent Contractors
NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo outlines arguments for treating college athletes as employees, thus allowing them employment law protections.
Read more...Ralph Nader: While Americans Sleep, Our Corporate Overlords Make Progress Impossible
Politicians from both parties do the bidding of their corporate overlords rather than act on behalf of voters.
Read more...Harry and Meghan Take a Private Jet – AGAIN! – This Time from a NYC Climate Action Event Back to LA
Harry and Meghan talk a good climate change game, but have hopped on nearly two dozen private jets during the last two years. We’ve noticed.
Read more...Six-Month Sentence for Lawyer Who Took on Chevron Denounced as ‘International Outrage’
Conviction of Steven Donziger, said one critic, “perfectly encapsulates how corporate power has twisted the U.S. justice system to protect corporate interests and punish their enemies.”
Read more...How Milton Friedman Aided and Abetted Segregationists in His Quest to Privatize Public Education
The Milton Friedman “school choice” scheme in the 1950s aimed to block equal, integrated education for black families.
Read more...Jared Holst: Rolling with the Holmies
Bad enough that Elizabeth Holmes could conceivably wriggle out of a conviction. Even if she loses. we’ll have to endure her “Holmies”.
Read more...For-Profit Charter Schools Provide an Entryway for Private Investors to Exploit Public Education
An in-depth study of how investors in charter schools loot the businesses, and students predictably lose out.
Read more...Patent Buyouts Can Help Win the Race Against Coronavirus Mutations
Instead of merely obtaining the surplus vaccines of rich countries, and relying on unpredictable donations, the existing Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access initiative should acquire the most promising vaccine patents and offer free production licenses.
Read more...NYC Set to Pass Food Delivery App Laws Securing Workers Minimum Pay, Bathrooms and More
Gig workers, specifically deliveristas, are en route to securing important workplace protections, like minimum wages and bathroom rights.
Read more...CalPERS Devises “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” Gamble for Long-Term Care Policyholders in Settlement
Why the proposed CalPERS long-term care insurance settlement has the look and feel of a con job.
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