The “middle class” myth: Here’s why wages are really so low today
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/12/30/the_middle_class_myth_heres_why_wages_are_really_so_low_today/ Want to understand the failures of the “free market” and the key to getting a decent wage?...
View ArticlePopulism Rising?
From Truth Out: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/20882-populism-rising By Robert Borosage, Campaign for America’s Future Friday, 27 December 2013 The Beltway crowd has discovered populism. Senator...
View ArticleBig Brother’s little siblings: How local police departments are spying on us...
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2014/01/02/big_brothers_little_siblings_how_local_police_departments_are_spying_on_us_now_too/ It’s not just the NSA anymore. Here’s how local law enforcement collects...
View ArticleOverthrow the Speculators
From Truth Dig: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/overthrow_the_speculators_20131229 By Chris Hedges Dec 29, 2013 Money, as Karl Marx lamented, plays the largest part in determining the course of...
View ArticleFinance’s hold on our everyday life must be broken
From The Guardian UK: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/01/finance-hold-everyday-life-broken-capitalism The rampant capitalism that has brought the market into every corner of society...
View Article‘The Country You Destroyed’: A Letter to George W. Bush
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/03 by Ralph Nader Published on Friday, January 3, 2014 by Common Dreams George W. Bush George W. Bush Presidential Center PO Box 560887...
View ArticleWhy Aren’t Big Bankers in Jail?
From Truth Out: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21008-why-arent-big-bankers-in-jail By Janine Jackson, FAIR Blog Saturday, 04 January 2014 The man in charge of a bank that engaged in massive...
View ArticleAlabama preacher arrested for his wife’s murder as he boarded overseas flight
From Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/05/alabama-preacher-arrested-for-his-wifes-murder-as-he-boarded-overseas-flight/ By Scott Kaufman Sunday, January 5, 2014 A Baptist preacher from...
View ArticleAsk Well: Is Nail Polish Harmful?
From The New York Times: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/ask-well-is-nail-polish-harmful/ By DEBORAH BLUM January 2, 2014 Is nail polish harmful? The idea of nail polish as a risky substance...
View ArticleConservatives are losing their minds over economic reforms that already exist
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2014/01/06/conservatives_are_losing_their_minds_over_economic_reforms_that_already_exist/ When reforms like a universal basic income are proposed, the right claims...
View ArticlePorno Peter LaBarbera and Christian radio host: Trans people are ‘satanic’...
Why, oh why are we supposed to treat these neo-Nazi scumbags like they are people with a valid opinion about anything? From Raw Story:...
View ArticleWork Until You’re Dead?
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/economy/millions-americans-have-no-savings-cant-retire Millions of older Americans say they will never be able to retire. They simply don’t have the savings. By...
View ArticleThe Year of the Great Redistribution
From Robert Reich: http://robertreich.org/post/72265646495 Robert Reich Saturday, January 4, 2014 One of the worst epithets that can be leveled at a politician these days is to call him a...
View ArticleIs ‘Polar Vortex’ Attributable to Climate Change? Yes.
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/06-7 As temperatures plummet, a reminder: ‘Every weather event in the modern world is attributable to climate change.’ Jon Queally...
View ArticleAn Economy That Benefits Ordinary People? What We Learned From the 1%
From Yes Magazine: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/how-to-eat-like-our-lives-depend-on-it/what-we-learned-from-the-1-about-long-term-planning-for-a-new-economy When thinking 40 years into the...
View ArticleThe Sanctimonious Self-Righteousness of Politically Correct Jerks
The Left is plagued with more Politically Correct than thou sanctimonious jerks. They exhibit the same mindless true believer self-righteousness one often associates with extreme right wing jerks. A...
View Article50 Years After the War on Poverty, Will the Middle Class Become the New Poor?
BTW The War on Poverty was succeeding until Nixon, another Republican Douche Nozzle killed it in 1970. From Alternet:...
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