Trump Dreams of Economic Disaster
Why, exactly, do so many Americans admire this guy?
Why, exactly, do so many Americans admire this guy?
Partisanship is having a huge effect on consumer surveys.
Forewarned is forearmed: It will be bad-faith bullying.
Can We Still Find Common Ground? Many Americans today worry that our nation is losing its national identity. Some claim loudly that the core of that identity requires better policing of our borders and preventing other races or religions or ethnicities from supplanting white Christian America.But that is not what defines our national identity.
How Amazon Is Ripping You OffShopping on Amazon? Stop! Watch this first.Amazon is the world’s biggest online retailer. This one single juggernaut of a company is responsible for nearly 40% of all online sales in America. In an FTC lawsuit, they’re accused of using their mammoth size, and consumers’ dependence on them, to artificially jack up prices as high as possible, while prohibiting sellers on Amazon from charging lower prices anywhere else.
Billionaires Don’t Want You to Know About This Supreme Court CaseA majority of Americans support a wealth tax. But, surprise, surprise, the wealthy Republican megadonors who’ve been plying Supreme Court justices with gifts and vacations do not.
A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered SocietyAs secretary of labor, I thought it important to explain why the Democrats had lost both the House and the Senate in the 1994 midterm elections. I attributed it to the fact that many middle class Americans felt angry and frustrated about not getting ahead, and they took it out on Democrats who had been running Congress for many years. I took a lot of heat for this speech 29 years ago. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
Why We Need to Ban College Legacy AdmissionsChildren of the super rich are more than twice as likely to get into America’s most elite universities as middle-class students with the exact same test scores. This fast-tracks them to become the next generation of CEOs and lawmakers, and helps keep wealth and power in the hands of people who started out wealthy and powerful.
No Labels Isn’t What It Claims to BeThe “No Labels” Party is not what it pretends to be. It’s a front group for Donald Trump.Now I understand, if you’re sick of the two major parties, you might be intrigued by a party that claims to be a “common sense” alternative that finds the middle ground.
From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself?Ultra-wealthy elites…Political corruption…Vast inequality…These problems aren’t new — in the late 1800s they dominated the country during America’s first Gilded Age. We overcame these abuses back then, and we can do it again.