Nomi Prins: Survival of the Richest, The March of Inequality
A look at the history of the rise in inequality in the US.
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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.
Read more...How Neoliberalism Is Normalising Hostility
Tracing how neoliberalism has corroded social values.
Read more...AOC and Ed Markey Introduce Green New Deal Resolution (and Let’s Remember It’s a DEAL)
The “climate” and “justice” sides of the Green New Deal.
Read more...Servaas Storm: The Bogus Paper That Gutted Workers’ Rights
For years, governments in India and much of the developing world have followed the advice of a paper arguing that labor regulations actually hurt workers. The problem? The research was wrong.
Read more...Charter Schools Are Pushing Public Education to the Breaking Point
Not only do charter schools not improve student performance, but they are inefficient and drain resources from public schools. It should come as no surprise that resource-scarce schools who’ve also typically had their students cherry-picked have trouble.
Read more...The Real Reason Stock Buybacks Are a Problem
Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders propose what are actually modest restrictions on corporate stock buybacks to force their to give workers higher priority.
Read more...Take One Leave One – A New Way to Help the Homeless
Homelessness needs political solutions. But as temperatures plummet, communities are also finding a new way to both immediately practically help, and connect with, homeless people.
Read more...Let’s Say I Wanted to Escape Climate Change. Where Should I Go?
One expert says he gets versions of this question almost daily — usually from “people at big institutional real estate funds, rich people who want to buy land or already own land, or survivalist types.”
Read more...Frail Seniors Find Ways To Live Independently
A short-term program to help poor seniors cope with their physical limitations appears to be very effective.
Read more...Millionaire-Driven Education Reform Has Failed. Here’s What Works.
Journalist Andrea Gabor’s new book heralds a “quiet revolution” in education you didn’t know was happening.
Read more...An American Budget
What a sound national budget might look like.
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