Chris Hedges Speaks on ‘American Sadism’
Chris Hedges gave this talk on American Sadism at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, New York on Sunday June 27.
Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank
by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler / ProPublica This story was originally published on ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story…
Democracy Dies At The Washington Post Editorial Board
In the Soviet Union, everybody was aware that the media was controlled by the state. But in a corporate state like the U.S., a veneer of independence is still maintained,…
Wealth Hoarding by ‘Silver Spoon Oligarchs’ Is Endangering U.S. Democracy: Report
America’s top 50 richest families doubled their combined total wealth in just one year.
Social Security Versus National Security
Is the Social Security system finally in trouble? It could be, thanks to the third-rail political issue of military spending.
There’s No ‘Labor Shortage.’ There’s a Wage Shortage
To find workers, there’s a free-enterprise solution right at employers’ fingertips: raise pay, improve conditions, and show respect.
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveals How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth…
The Government Is Here to Help Small Businesses — Unless They’re Cooperatives
The Small Business Administration’s rules prevent it from helping most employee- and consumer-owned cooperatives, even though Congress specifically asked it to. The result? Co-ops are largely cut out of the…
Economic Study Shows Why ‘Saving the Planet Is Not a Jobs Killer’
"It's not an impossible task to make sure workers in the fossil fuel industry are provided with the skills, training, and opportunities to find other jobs," the Center for Economic…
Report: ‘Giving Pledge’ Looks Philanthropic, Acts Plutocratic
Bill and Melinda Gates joined forces with Warren Buffett as the original pledge-funders a decade ago, and now some of the benefits for benefactors of the "Giving Pledge" are becoming…
How America Went From Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism
The crisis of 2020 has created the greatest wealth gap in history. The middle class, capitalism and democracy are all under threat. What went wrong and what can be done?
Lee Camp: How Corporate America Supports Racism, Hatred & Exploitation (in New & Fun Ways!)
Corporations like General Mills and ExxonMobil aren’t going to save us from white supremacist violence or climate annihilation with their piddly tweets.
Rethinking Employment in the Biden-Harris Era
In America, when you work, with rare exceptions, someone is always making money off you — often to your detriment, often to your bitter disappointment and pain.
Will 2021 Be Public Banking’s Watershed Moment?
Faced with the dire Covid-19 crisis, some lawmakers are starting to see publicly-owned banks as the key to ensuring an equitable economic recovery.
Lee Camp: It’s Time for Major Wealth Redistribution — Yes, I Mean It.
No need to be all apologetic about it, either, since we would just be reclaiming the trillions taken by the billionaires.