Tag: U.S. Economy
Solar jobs take a hit after seven years of rapid growth
"After six years of rapid and steady growth, the solar industry faced headwinds that led to a dip in employment in 2017."
Donald Trump offers a helping hand to China and Russia
And it's giving American Isolationism new meaning in the twenty-first century.
Trump’s America: Open to global capital, not people
America didn’t become great by global capital seeking higher returns, but by people from all over world seeking better lives.
Six big losers in our ‘booming’ economy
The people in power let the rich grow richer while the poor keep suffering.
US Needs ‘sh*thole’ countries, not the other way around
America’s prosperity and security are greatly dependent on the goodwill and cooperation of other nations, developed and emerging markets alike.
Bank of America to eliminate free checking account program affecting low-income...
Bank of America, the second-largest bank by assets, will no longer be "the only brick-and-mortar bank that offered free checking accounts to their customers."
Death by inequality: Poverty and racism are killing America’s children
While inequality makes the problem worse, the growing political power of the wealthy makes it more difficult to find solutions.
Revolution by drone
Will drones launch the modern revolution of the undervalued human being?
Republican tax reform: Principles of ethics and morals be damned
Republicans are trying to peddle the old worn out “trickle down” economic theory that they insist will greatly stimulate growth and create millions of jobs.
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Israelis invade Syria: Who will stop Israel?
Israel's latest land-grab in Syria, and the UN and the rest of the world's inability to stop Israel from ignoring and violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention.
Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence
The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.
The world’s four legacy empires going down
In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.
Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor
Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled.
It was the rage of the age
Was Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private research facility in Suffolk County, pivotal to the spread of eugenics through the United States and world?