J.D. Alt: Framing the Progressive Agenda
Thoughts on how to present progressive policies without triggering “you mean tax and spend” reflexes.
Read more...Category Archives: Social policy
How the US Military Is Failing
A critical, but maybe not critical enough, look at the relationship of the US military to its society and ostensible goals.
Read more...Three More Reasons for Wealth-Deprived Americans to Take to the Streets
Some telling facts on wealth inequality.
Read more...Trump v. the Postal Service: Fake News, Flawed Analysis, and Bogus Tweets
Why Trump’s claim that the Postal Service is subsidizing Amazon is all wet.
Read more...The Corporate Plan to Groom U.S. Kids for Servitude by Wiping Out Public Schools
Schools are becoming a two-tier affair, with those for the non-affluent preparing them for “a life that is more circumscribed, less vibrant, and, quite literally, shorter, than what past generations have known.”
Read more...The Hidden Network That Propelled Civil Rights in America
Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders relied on black entrepreneurs to make their work possible.
Read more...The Forgotten Economic Vision of Martin Luther King
In the last years of his life, King was boldly forging a radical, multi-racial movement for economic justice.
Read more...Stabilising the Real Economy Increases Average Output
This column summarizes research indicating that stabilizing the real economy raises the long-run level of output.
Read more...The US Arms Machine: Why Wars R Us
Putting some facts and figures of the scale of the US arms merchant business.
Read more...Job Guarantee Winning More Fans on the Left and Right
The Job Guarantee is (finally) a topic that can be discussed in polite company.
Read more...Noam Chomsky on the Populist Groundswell, U.S. Elections, the Future of Humanity, and More
Chomsky discusses a wide range of hot topics.
Read more...J.D. Alt: Fiat Money and Three Big Societal Challenges
How fiat money denialism, also know as austerity and deficit scaremongering, is undermining the public’s ability to tackle pressing challenges like climate change.
Read more...NYC’s Fauxgressive Mayor De Blasio Turning into a Charter School Cheerleader
De Blasio again shows that he does not live up to his progressive branding.
Read more...Thousands of Students Protest Gun Violence
A first-hand report on some of the student gun protests in California.
Read more...50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Last Speech: Have We Left the Haunted House?
King described the problem of structural racism in his final speech and how the US commitment to Vietnam was hurting blacks disproportionately. What if anything has changed?
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