The bottom 90 percent used to take home a majority of the income gains from a growing economy. Not anymore. Income gains going to top 1% in 1954-7: 5% 1975-9: 25% 2009-12: … Continue reading The Benefits of Economic Expansions Are Increasingly Going to the Richest Americans

Cities mostly don’t have plans, but experts say that Americans can be ready for an unthinkable nuclear attack if they know to “shelter in place.” Oh great, NBC News is now preparing … Continue reading What Should You Do in Case of Nuclear Attack? ‘Don’t Run. Get Inside’ – NBC News

If you are trying to make sense of Trump’s tax plan, don’t worry about it… it will increase the deficit, but deficits don’t matter to the United States. Source: Donald Trump Is … Continue reading Donald Trump Is Right: Deficits Don’t Matter

Portugal’s economy has rebounded dramatically since its European Union bailout in 2011. Wages are up and unemployment down. What’s surprising is that this happened only as austerity was canceled. It’s the fact … Continue reading Portugal Basks In Post-Bailout Economic Revival : Parallels : NPR

House of Representatives Tuesday H.R. 187: Relating to efforts to respond to the famine in South Sudan Increasing the U.S. Agency for International Development emergency funding by $100 million in response to … Continue reading Congress Votes – Week of 4/24/17

In the transcript of its Friday interview, AP found 16 “unintelligible” instances, which is quite a compelling figure for a single interview. Trump talks about the military: TRUMP: I’m rebuilding the military. … Continue reading This Donald Trump interview transcript has a whole lot of ‘unintelligible’ in it

Remember what it felt like a couple of months ago when you, as an American, didn’t give much thought to North Korea? I’d like you to try and remember that feeling over … Continue reading American Media Are Getting People at Home Ready for War With North Korea

Another day, another anti-consumer corporate giveaway. Source: Trump’s FCC Votes to Allow Broadband Rate Hikes for Schools and Libraries – Motherboard Continue reading Trump’s FCC Votes to Allow Broadband Rate Hikes for Schools and Libraries

It’s a big deal. This article is a complete failure. It tries to equate the US National Debt with high student debt, going so far as to say the increasing national debt … Continue reading Voices: College students should be very worried about the national debt. Here’s why.

A web developer has created an app that allows Turkish citizens to prove how they voted in a recent controversial referendum. With Turkish employers requiring people to take a picture proving they … Continue reading Turkish Referendum: New App Lets People ‘Prove’ They Voted ‘Yes’

Many people take what they read online at face value. To avoid spreading (or reading) fake news, you’ve got to ask yourself a few questions first. It’s not Google or Facebook that … Continue reading Stopping the Spread of Fake News Isn’t Facebook’s Job—It’s Yours

Yes, we can….How so? It is believed in the Yoruba African Tradition that our ORI (our inner head) selects our Destiny even before being born and coming to Earth. In the process of leaving Heaven, choices are presented to our ORI, and it is ORI that picks the path of life that … Continue reading Do You Believe You Can Change Your Destiny?