Tag: Economy

Ignoring Biden’s Historic Economic Progress is Media Malfeasance

The for-profit corporate media is at it again. Last week, another stunning jobs report confirmed the U.S. economy added an additional 431,000 new jobs. To put...

Low Wages Are the Problem, Not ‘Lazy Freeloaders’

Do you have that neighbor who bends your ear about the latest outrage he heard on Fox so-called "news"? Maybe it's a relative who never misses...

Is Joe Biden Finished Channeling FDR? Dems Are Already Caving to...

The clock is ticking. There are four weeks left in the congressional calendar, which means when federal lawmakers return to Washington in September, it will...

North American Women Are Still Six Decades Behind Men in Pay...

It's no surprise American working women make less money than men. That is a cruel institutional bias women have had to endure since the dawn...

Biden’s Plan to Tax the Rich Could Finally Destroy Reaganomics (Video)

After forty long years, Reaganomics might finally be on its last leg. On the campaign trail, Joe Biden promised to raise taxes on Americans making...

‘Help is Here’–President Biden Signs the American Rescue Plan (Video)

"This legislation represents the boldest action taken on behalf of the American people since the Great Depression." "This is seismic legislation." This how House Democratic Caucus...

Comcast, Disney+, Netflix Set to Raise Rates at Height of the...

We've been stuck at home a lot this year. Maybe you've been working at your Netflix list. Perhaps you've discovered The Mandalorian on Disney+. Quarantines, lockdowns, and general anxiety about...

CBO Report Shows Medicare-for-All Costs Less Than Previously Thought

If there is anything the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic fiasco has exposed, it’s our societal inequities. When it comes to public health, the most obvious inequity lies...

Economic Relief Package Stalls For Corporate Immunity and the Pentagon (Video)

12 million workers are set to lose federal unemployment benefits the day after Christmas if Republican lawmakers continue withholding funding for federal COVID-19 relief programs, threatening...

Mitch McConnell and the Senate GOP Are Creating a Humanitarian Crisis...

We see the headlines every year, particularly now, around the holidays. Hunger. In the richest country in world history--where Congress pays corporations to keep their workforces...

3,000 Coronavirus Deaths a Day By June–Let’s Start Calling It Genocide...

The blatant disregard for human life emanating from the Republican party is not something we might not have expected in an America of yesterday. But...

Thanks to COVID-19, Universal Basic Income is a Thing Again (Video)

Former Democratic presidential candidate--now CNN political commentator--Andrew Yang had a unique signature issue among the other presidential contenders with whom he shared the stage. He wanted to...

Democratic Socialism is Looking Pretty Good Right About Now (Video)

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is this generation's smallpox. It's our 1918 influenza pandemic. Considering our financial infrastructure was already failing before the pandemic reached our shores, the...
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The Trump Economy’s Bitter Truth: (Spoiler Alert: It’s Not All That)

Have you been hearing all of the good news about the Trump economy? Read on as we debunk the myths and conservative talking points.  There...

Debt, Wrecked Credit, and Heartbreak–The Shutdown’s Aftermath (Video)

The longest government shutdown in the nation’s history is finally over--at least for three weeks. As the country tries to get back to normal, it's appropriate to consider...

Bernie Sanders’ Plan For Guaranteed Universal Employment (Video)

What if the federal government were the employer of last resort? In other words, when jobs are scarce or exploitative, the government steps in with...

Republicans Cut The Corporate Tax Rate To 21 Percent In Committee (Video)

Amid Roy Moore's defeat and Donald Trump's harassing tweets, let's not forget Republicans are still trying to pass a $1.5 trillion tax bill that would...

Study Finds Climate Change Costs Will Hit Trumplandia The Most

As you sit here reading this, Hurricane Harvey is inundating Texas. This is pretty ironic--and poignant--considering a new study published in Science magazine titled "Estimating Economic Damage from...

Boeing Lays Off Hundreds – Add It To The List Of...

One of President Donald Trump's central messages during the campaign, and after winning, was that he was the candidate who would develop more jobs...

Could The AHCA Cause An Economic Recession? (VIDEO)

President Donald Trump has been tweeting and touting creating jobs for his entire presidency his entire campaign. However, there's one law he's touting that...