Nearly 8% of Americans 60 and older were “food insecure” in 2017.
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Meetup Reminder: Hope You Can Stop by Our Mid-Coast/Bailey Island Maine Meetup Wednesday Sept 4
More details and photos for our Maine meetup this week. Hope to see you!
Alaska: Log, Mine, Drill, Despoil
While fires rage in the Amazon and Anchorage, Alaska, registers record high temperatures, the Trump administration makes plans to open the world’s largest intact temperate rain forest for exploitation.
CEO Compensation Increased 940% Between 1978 and 2018, Workers’ Only by 12%
An Economic Policy Institute study shows that the dramatic increase in CEO compensation has a large impact on increasing inequality. Absent the explosive rise in CEO compensation, worker pay could have doubled.
My First Real Jobs
Shelving books and mowing lawns.
AOC Calls Out Barbara Boxer for Helping Lyft Fight Against California Labor Bill
AOC: Former government officials “should not become corporate lobbyists, in letter or spirit.”
Bill Black: Is it Cynical to Believe the System is Corrupt?
Bill Black presents evidence the system is corrupt and rigged against ordinary people – a sentiment with which a new poll shows many agree.
A Question of Character
An indicator that “character” is no longer valued much, and why that matters.
Clever Tactics “Add Oil” to Hong Kong Protests (and not “Hidden Hands”)
A look at protest tactics in Hong Kong: Umbrellas, Lennon Walls, laser pointers, human chains… And maybe catapults?
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/30/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden gaffe, Gabbard, Sanders on foreign policy, Trump, Warren, AOC, anti-fascism, personal income and outlays, consumer confidence, employment situation, robot cars, passive investing bubble, Hurricane Dorian, Joe Rogan, scofflaw coal companies, bail, the hyphen
