Place-Based Economic Conditions and the Geography of the Opioid Overdose Crisis
There is not one opioid crisis in America—there are many. And supply-focused measures won’t stop them.
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These Statistics Show Why the Status Quo Is Failing Most Americans
Ugly but important statistics on America’s fraying social fabric.
Read more...Whether It’s the New NAFTA or the Old NAFTA, It Serves the 1 Percent
By Leo W. Gerard, the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Produced by the Independent Media Institute Mick Mulvaney, a millionaire who is President Trump’s acting chief of staff and director of the Office of Management and Budget, awarded himself another job last week: spokesman for labor. Referring to the proposed new NAFTA, […]
Read more...America’s Suicide Epidemic
While the press increasingly covers America’s suicide crisis, Trump has pointedly ignored it even though it afflicts a large chunk of his base. Maybe that ‘s because he’d have to abandon policies that have made matters worse for undereducated rural whites.
Read more...Still No Minimum Wage Bill – Not Because Of Trump Or McTurtle – Because Of Pelosi And Hoyer And Their Blue Dogs
Minimum wage increases….another nice thing the Democrats don’t really stand for.
Read more...Book Review: Chris Arnade’s “Dignity”
Chris Arnade’s 150,000-mile, multi-year photograhic journey through unthriving America—urban and rural, black and white, from Lewiston, Maine, to Bakersfield, California, with many stops in between.
Read more...Revealed: Americans Care More About Social Needs Than Deficits
A recent poll from the Democracy Collaborative and YouGov reveals that most Americans are ready to spend more for social needs, even if it raises the deficit.
Read more...Forget Lower Jobs Growth, The Number of People Who’ve Stopped Looking for Work Is Much More Worrisome
Why the jobs market isn’t as strong as the headline unemployment figures would have you believe.
Read more...Charter Schools Are a Major Dividing Line for the 2020 Democratic Candidates—Education Fights in Pennsylvania Point the Way
Charter schools are finally becoming a battleground.
Read more...The Poor Who Are Not With Us
Why some of the poor get all the attention.
Read more...Eight Reasons Why Inequality Ruins the Economy
Econimists have noticed, awfully late in the game, that high levels of inequality are correlated with lower growth. There are reasons to think this relationship is causal.
Read more...Consumers Are Changing But Perhaps Not How You Think
Deloitte report reveals that millennial consumers will not change the world, and that their consumption patterns reflect the pressures that burden the middle class.
Read more...Why Democratic Presidential Candidates May Have to Choose Between Teacher Pay Raises and Charter Schools
Florida becomes a charter school battleground as communities fight a state law that diverts some of the proceeds from bond offererings, even ones approved for public school teacher salaries, to charter schools.
Read more...Consumer Contracts Restatement Delayed: Consumers Win…For Now
Following pushback from Elizabeth Warren, state attorneys general, and both consumer advocates and business groups, consumer contracts restatement delayed – for now.
Read more...Is Conservatism Running on Brand Fumes?
Why the foundations of conservatism are crumbling.
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