Friday, November 22, 2024

Severance pay: Corporate obligation to long-term workers

There is a new push, at both the state and federal levels, to provide U.S. workers with many of the benefits that workers in other countries have long taken for granted.

More and War

So many tax dollars have been spent on the further militarization of the country. We no longer have the slightest idea what life might be like if, instead of 17 significant intelligence outfits, we had just two of them, or even one.

America, the Exceptional, the indispensable nation in the world? Pure fantasy

Sorry to say, America Is not the model for the world.

Exxon’s Weapons of Mass Confusion on Climate Change

The real power, and our great hope, is in the People's rebellion: marches, civil disobedience, trainings, teach-ins and other actions to pressure leaders to put people and the planet over corporate profiteering.

The big cheat of 2018: Corporations make billions in profits, demand tax refunds from...

These captains of American capitalism are brazenly ignoring their responsibility to their own nation, a nation in desperate need of funding for education and infrastructure and job training.

Election, legal disasters, surging Covid cases, economy stumbling: Just “too much winning”

Major irony: the perceived, 2016 “change” candidate was and is utterly incapable of change.

A progressive path forward on trade

How do we get other countries to stop, change their strategies and spend more like we do?

When US officials show you who they are, believe them

"When someone shows you who they are,” Maya Angelou said, “believe them the first time."

Time to Rein In the Casual Overuse of Undercover Cops in America

Do undercover cops create a dangerous paranoia in every day citizens? It's time to say "Enough! No more undercover cops on patrol, or just trolling for busts. No more Corey Joneses!"

Police officer fired for hitting handcuffed woman on video

Recently released surveillance video footage revealed a Vermont police officer beating a handcuffed woman for no justifiable reason. After an investigation into...