What Republicans and Billionaires Really Mean When They Talk About ‘Freedom’
Why the meaning of the word freedom very much depends on your economic standing.
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Can Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Be Trusted To Turn Facebook into a “Privacy-Focused Communications Platform?”
Spoiler alert: No.
Read more...Of Course We Can Pay for a Green New Deal, but We Can’t Escape Hard Choices
A high-level discussion of some of the operational issues posed by a Green New Deal.
Read more...A Way-Too-Early Handicapping of the 2020 Presidential Race
2020 is already in the news. so you might as well start working on your scoresheet!
Read more...Economic Consequences of the U.S. Convict Labor System
US counties with convict labor often have lower wage and employment growth
Read more...Charter School Cap Efforts Gain Momentum
Evidence increasingly shows that charter schools damage public schools, fueling campaigns to stop charter school growth.
Read more...#MeToo Whistleblowing Is Upending Century-Old Legal Precedent Demanding Loyalty to the Boss
Why whistleblowing is a recent development.
Read more...France, Inequality, the Yellow Vests, and the Social Elevator
Redistribution through taxes and social transfers is not sufficient to curb the inequality in opportunity, which is mostly linked to the educational system and perpetuates economic and social situations from one generation to the next.
Read more...The Debate Over Tactics In the Modern Left: Radical Opposition or Strategic Inclusive Engagement?
Revisiting a classic debate over the tactics for achieving political/societal change.
Read more...The Rapid Victory of the West Virginia Teacher Strike Shows What Happens When Progressives Join the Fight Against School Privatization
What lessons can we draw from the success of the latest West Virginia teachers’ strike?
Read more...Nomi Prins: Survival of the Richest, The March of Inequality
A look at the history of the rise in inequality in the US.
Read more...The Yellow Vest Phenomenon and the Radical Right
While some protestors outside France are using the yellow vest to make demands for and end to austerity and greater economic fairness, in some countries, far right wingers are taking up the costume.
Read more...How Stupid Do They Think We Are? – Plutocrats Using Logical Fallacies to Defend the Health Care Status Quo
Shredding bad excuses for a bad health care system.
Read more...Who Is Really A Socialist?
Identifying some core “socialist” views.
Read more...And Now This Message From Some Very Rich People: ‘Please Raise Our Taxes’
Some wealthy people point out they wouldn’t even notice, much the less mind, the sort of increases in taxes now under discussion.
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