It all became real the summer before my senior year of college. It was 2010, and my home phone still had a cord, which I wrapped around my fingers as I waited … Continue reading I’ve Paid $18,000 To A $24,000 Student Loan, & I Still Owe $24,000

Once an outsider, her radical economic thinking won over Wall Street. Now she’s changing the Democratic Party. Kelton’s core idea is that the government can’t run out of money or go bankrupt, … Continue reading Stephanie Kelton Has The Biggest Idea In Washington

The bug allowed one Carnegie Mellon researcher to track anyone’s cell phone in real time. Also, the fact that your cell phone company is actually SELLING your real-time location data to this … Continue reading Cell phone tracking firm exposed millions of Americans’ real-time locations 

In a monumental decision that will resonate through election season, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 52-47 to reinstate the net neutrality protections the Federal Communications Commission decided to repeal last December. … Continue reading Senate Votes to Save Net Neutrality, Proving Shame Still Works Sometimes

An article in MarketWatch says you should have twice your salary saved by the age of 35. On Twitter, most 30-somethings laughed at the advice. By 35, you should have twice your … Continue reading Twitter Mocks Article That Says The You Should Have Double Your Yearly Salary Saved By 35

The Trump Way offers future candidates and presidents valuable lessons in navigating contemporary politics. 1 – Voters are far more malleable than we thought 2 – Money is overrated; authenticity isn’t 3 – Companies … Continue reading How to be the next Trump – Axios

  Event to highlight pay squeeze is set to be the largest rally in the capital for four years Real wages in the UK will have been in decline for 17 years, … Continue reading March for ‘new deal’ for workers draws thousands in London

The airing of political TV ads is up nearly 90 percent over the same period during the previous midterm election in 2014, a new study finds. Money has typically won elections.. and … Continue reading TV ads in midterms up nearly 90 percent fueled by nondisclosing groups

A bold new idea from Washington that might truly beat back routinized scandal. A public agency to look for conflicts of interest with politicians and to penalize those not acting in behalf … Continue reading Political Corruption Is Ruining Everything, but We Can Fix It

Thousands of demonstrators in Paris danced, picnicked and railed against Emmanuel Macron at a demonstration on Saturday, expressing anger at reforms championed by the French president. Another leader pretending that a country … Continue reading Macron Is Depicted as a King Amid Protests of ‘Soft Dictatorship’ – The New York Times

Virginia Eubanks examines the “digital poorhouse” — all the ways that technology is creating more obstacles for those needing help. It’s certainly hurting the democratic process as well. Source: How Big Data … Continue reading How Big Data Is ‘Automating Inequality’ – The New York Times

As technology platforms, it’s very dangerous for us to get into that space [of moderating views expressed by users], because either you’re asking us to change the information that we provide to … Continue reading Facebook, Twitter, and Google Would Like to Be the Gatekeepers of Democracy Without the Responsibility