Facebook: Genocide is Cool but Don’t Threaten our Profits
“Facebook’s willingness to block credible news sources also stands in sharp distinction to the company’s poor track record in addressing the spread of hateful content and disinformation on the...
View ArticleTax on Global Mega-Rich Could Help Lift 2.3 Billion Out of Poverty
“The insane reality is that whilst billions face a daily struggle to survive during this pandemic, billionaire wealth is spiraling out of control. This cannot be right.” By Jake Johnson. Pubished...
View ArticleSupreme Court Ruling Turns Separation of Church and State Into...
“We are witnessing one of the most extreme Supreme Courts in modern history rewrite the most basic social commitments of our society,” said the head of one of the nation’s largest teachers unions. By...
View ArticleJust 27 Billionaires Have Spent $90 Million to Buy GOP Congress: Report
“They’re counting on that ‘small’ investment in anti-tax Republicans to save them billions in taxes,” said Americans for Tax Fairness, which conducted the analysis. By Kenny Stancil Published...
View ArticleIntense heat and flooding are wreaking havoc on power and water systems as...
Volunteers distributed bottled water after Jackson, Mississippi’s water treatment plant failed during flooding in August 2022. Brad Vest/Getty Images Paul Chinowsky, University of Colorado Boulder...
View ArticleRepublican Policies Are Killing Americans: Study
“Changing all policy domains in all states to a fully liberal orientation might have saved 171,030 lives in 2019,” researchers estimate, “while changing them to a fully conservative orientation might...
View ArticleThe IRS already has all your income tax data – so why do Americans still have...
The government could toss the 1040 in the trash. Kameleon007iStock via Getty Images Beverly Moran, Vanderbilt University Doing taxes in the U.S. is notoriously complicated and costly. And it gets...
View Article‘Drowning Our Democracy’: US Billionaires Have Pumped Nearly $900,000,000...
“Billionaires represent 0.000002% of the American population, but they’re responsible for 7.4% of all political donations so far this cycle,” according to Americans for Tax Fairness. By Jessica Corbett...
View ArticleWisconsin Gov. Uses Line-Item Veto to Boost Education Funding for 400+ Years
“This is how you’re supposed to legislate,” said Nina Turner. By Jessica Corbett Published 7-5-2023 by Common Dreams Among the dozens of Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ line-item vetoes for state...
View ArticleLegislative inaction and dissatisfaction with one-party control lead to more...
By Thom Reilly, Arizona State University. Published 3-21-2024 by The Conversation Recent polls show Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with their system of representative democracy, in which they...
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