While many of us work to create a better world, it’s worthwhile to consider other countries where masses of people succeeded in nonviolently bringing about a high degree of democracy and economic justice. … Continue reading How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’

“The United States is clearly not effectively protecting its children,” the journal’s editor writes. Wow. Source: Guns kill twice as many kids as cancer does, new study shows Continue reading Guns are the second leading killer of U.S. kids, after car crashes, according to a new report.

Strengthening them could blunt inequality and wage stagnation. Economists are starting to suspect that unions were a better deal than textbooks made them out to be. Source: Unions Did Great Things for … Continue reading Unions Did Great Things for the Working Class | Bloomberg

Nothing unites our political class like the threat of ending our never-ending war Unfortunately, we’ve successfully brainwashed big chunks of the population into thinking it’s normal for a country to exist in … Continue reading Donald Trump’s Plan for the Middle East and Syria – Rolling Stone

A major criminal justice reform bill is poised to become law after the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted in its favor Thursday. The First Step Act, passed in the Senate earlier … Continue reading Congress Touts First Step Act as Criminal Justice Victory—But Critics Say Bill Makes False Promises

Democratic leaders on Thursday tapped Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) to head a revived U.S. House panel on climate change, all but ending a dramatic monthlong effort to establish a select committee on … Continue reading Democrats Just Blocked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Push For A Green New Deal Committee

India has cancelled plans to build nearly 14 gigawatts of coal-fired power stations – about the same as the total amount in the UK – with the price for solar electricity “free … Continue reading India cancels plans for huge coal power stations as solar energy prices hit record low

Interesting Twitter thread from Noah Smith  Here is the link to the Green New Deal proposal. Continue reading All of our climate efforts should be about making our economy greener rather than shrinking our economy

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the longstanding congressional intro program at Harvard Kennedy School meant to show new lawmakers the ropes. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused the orientation session for freshman lawmakers at Harvard’s Kennedy … Continue reading Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Harvard orientation is ‘lobbyist project’

In order to grapple with the harsh reality, governments need new ways of measuring welfare and well-being that don’t rely on GDP growth. FOR DECADES, SCIENTISTS have warned of the pending crisis … Continue reading Unhinged GDP Growth Could Actually Destroy the Economy, Economists Find

The women, from Ithaca, raised $12,500 so a nonprofit organization could forgive the past-due bills of about 1,300 state residents. It only cost them $12,500 to erase $1.5M in medical debts. That … Continue reading 2 New Yorkers Erased $1.5 Million in Medical Debt for Hundreds of Strangers

The Green New Deal would simultaneously combat climate change and economic insecurity in the United States. Even Forbes it getting into it! Source: Building on a Progressive Legacy: A New Generation’s New Deal Continue reading Building on a Progressive Legacy: A New Generation’s New Deal