The numbers tell the story. The teachers’ retirement fund is short about $9.6 billion. The school system owes more than $6 billion to its bondholders. On Wall Street, Chicago schools have the … Continue reading School of Debt: How to Bankrupt Public Education, Chicago-style
Scientists create artificial skin, made from mouse stem cells, that integrates successfully and even sprouts hairs when transplanted into another mouse. So now it’ll behave, look and function like skin. Wondering how … Continue reading Promising lab-grown skin sprouts hair and grows glands
“Bernie Sanders supporters on Twitter have taken over the medium once again, this time to use Hillary Clinton’s own words to protest her policies.” Hillary’s had it. I think she’s unravelling. She … Continue reading Twitter Just Reacted to Hillary Clinton Flipping Out on Climate Activist
In a move that puts California at the forefront of efforts to raise wages for low-income workers across the country, the Legislature approved a sweeping plan Thursday to raise the minimum wage … Continue reading Historic minimum wage measure heads to Gov. Brown
Maryland’s second-highest court ruled that Baltimore’s use of a cellphone tracker was illegal, possibly impacting hundreds of other cases. This is what happens when police are able to spy on people without … Continue reading 200 imprisoned based on illegal cellphone tracking
Sepúlveda says he was offered several political jobs in Spain, which he says he turned down because he was too busy. On the question of whether the U.S. presidential campaign is being … Continue reading How to Hack an Election
Yes, finally someone did the work to tease out one of Donald Trump’s awesome plans for the economy. Beyond that, though: “Apple. I am Donald. Do what I damn say.” That’s hilarious. … Continue reading Trump’s Plan for American-Made iPhones Would Be Disastrous
About one in five caregivers go hungry because they don’t have enough money. That’s the American way! If you get dementia and can no longer earn your keep, you not only take … Continue reading Families taking care of relatives with dementia face serious financial burdens
This resurfaced in Reddit again from a while ago. Girl gets arrested for using the f word on a 911 call. In today’s environment she could have been killed if she hadn’t … Continue reading 17-Year Old Girl Arrested For Swearing Whilst Talking With A 911 Operator To Help Dying Father
An oldie but goodie, shows what happens when we give corporations too much power. Source: Hitler reacts to the Hitler parodies being removed from YouTube Continue reading When copyright law goes too far even Hitler reacts!
Republican frontrunner tells MSNBC there needs to be ‘some form of punishment’ for women, though he later tried to walk back controversial remarks Trump showing how much he loves women! Source: Donald … Continue reading Donald Trump: women who get illegal abortions should be ‘punished’
It’s now evident that the middle class is disappearing, and at an alarming rate, as can be seen in the video below. But why does a disappearing middle class matter? “Why should … Continue reading Why Inequality Matters – Aristotle and the Middle Class
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