Jim BWomen's News The most important document you may ever readRoll Call - Patricia Murphy Senate Intelligence report on Russian interference should chill Americans who value our democracy OPINION — On the day that special counsel Robert …
Jim BMontana Politics The Supreme Court Could Spell the End of American Democracytruthdig.com - Bill Blum It has almost gone unnoticed, but amid the daily Sturm und Drang of the Trump impeachment inquiry, the Supreme Court has begun another term. In any …
Jim BClimate The climate crisis and the failure of economicsVoxThe first intro-to-economics class often starts with the question: why are diamonds expensive and water cheap? After all, we need the latter to survive. The answer, of course, is scarcity, a concept at
Jim BBusiness The U.S. system is now officially rigged to help the super-rich, new data showtheweek.com - Peter Weber Wealth disparity just hit a couple of new milestones in America. The Census Bureau reported in late September that U.S. income inequality, as …
Jim BThe Future These 3 Policy Failures Are Killing the American DreamNew York Magazine - Eric Levitz The United States has never been richer. In 2018, American households boasted a collective net worth of over $98 trillion. If that wealth were …
Jim BOpinion Record debt and inequality gap? It's almost like 40 years of Republican tax cuts failed.USA TODAY - Steven StraussTrickle-down failure: The cult-like Republican belief in tax cuts isn’t supported by results. It's leading to an apocalypse of debt and inequality. Since the Reagan administration, Republicans have fervently
Jim BU.S. Politics The absurd whiteness of America’s court system, in 2 chartsVoxIf you are ever unfortunate enough to wind up in federal court, chances are that your fate will be decided by a white man. That’s the big takeaway from a new report by the Center for American Progress
Jim BOpinion Red and Blue Voters Live in Different EconomiesThe New York TimesIn the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, scholars, journalists and ordinary citizens battled over whether economic anxiety or racial and cultural animus were crucial to the outcome. Soon a formed,
Jim BIncome Inequality Income inequality "is the biggest powder keg in America right now"Axios - Dion Rabouin The gap between those at the top and everyone else in the U.S. grew last year to its highest level in more than 50 years, according to U.S. Census …
Jim BRevolution Is the United States on the brink of a revolution?theconversation.com - Serbulent Turan Political scientists have historically been bad at foreseeing the most important developments. Few of us guessed the end of the Cold War; almost no …
Jim BNewsMississippi police officers fatally shot a man in a wrong-door raid. The city says he had no constitutional rights becauseInsider - Michelle Mark Two years ago, police officers arrived at a Mississippi home in the middle of the night to execute a warrant. But they knocked on the wrong person's …
Jim BArbitration The House just passed a bill that would give millions of workers the right to sue their bossVoxThe House just passed a groundbreaking bill that would restore legal rights to millions of American workers and consumers. Lawmakers voted 225-186 Friday to pass the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal
Jim B The gloves are off: 'predatory' climate deniers are a threat to our childrentheconversation.com - Tim Flannery In this age of rapidly melting glaciers, terrifying megafires and ever more puissant hurricanes, of acidifying and rising oceans, it is hard to …
Jim B ‘The United States is broken as hell’ – the division in politics over race and classGuardian US - Gary Younge“However rebellious children may be, they have their parents’ genes; American radicals are Americans,” wrote the late radical writer Andrew Kopkind in the New York Times in 1968. “They cannot easily cross
Jim BGuns The gun solution we’re not talking aboutVoxAfter every mass shooting, politicians say they want the same thing: universal background checks. Pretty much every American believes in doing this: preventing people with dangerous backgrounds (criminal
Jim B How Democracy Dies, American-StyleThe New York TimesDemocracies used to collapse suddenly, with tanks rolling noisily toward the presidential palace. In the 21st century, however, the process is usually subtler. Authoritarianism is on the march across of
Jim B Hurricane Dorian Survivors Were Turned Away & That's A Chilling Look At Our FutureBustle - Kelly Hayes In this op-ed, writer Kelly Hayes explores what the United States' decision to turn away Hurricane Dorian survivors could mean for our future. On …
Jim BLong-form Journalism The Shocking Paper Predicting the End of DemocracyPOLITICO - By RICK SHENKMANHuman brains aren’t built for self-rule, says Shawn Rosenberg. That’s more evident than ever. Rick Shenkman, founder of George Washington University’s History News Network, is the author of Political How
Jim B Democracy in America is failing — here's how we can still make it workSalon - Paul RosenbergBusiness Team Seminar Corporate Strategy Concept (Getty Images/ Rawpixel Ltd) Unusual times demand unusual measures. If you value Salon's original reporting and commentary, we urge you to support it —
Jim B Series: How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic: Responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warminggrist.org - Coby Beck (Part of the How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic guide) Objection: Despite what the computer models tell us, there is actually no evidence of …
Jim B The Key to a Sustainable Economy Is 5,000 Years...truthout.org - Ellen Brown We are again reaching the point in the business cycle known as “peak debt,” when debts have compounded to the point that their cumulative total …
Jim B The Trump administration is downplaying the growing threat of white-supremacist terrorism. It is time for Congress to act.Insider - Don Beyer Two years ago, I watched with deep sadness as my beloved Virginia became the center of a national firestorm of attention during a weekend of hatred …
Jim B MIT hid millions in fundraising dollars generated by Jeffrey Epstein: ReportFOX Business - James LangfordThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab worked to conceal the extent of its fund-raising relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which generated millions more than previously
Jim B As billionaires prep for the apocalyptic "Event," what happens to everyone else?Salon - Chauncey DeVegaThe Earth is in the midst of an environmental disaster. Humankind may not survive the Anthropocene. Climatologists and other scientists are warning that if the Earth’s temperature rises more than 2 degrees
Jim B Review: 'Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland'dailykos.com - Ian Reifowitz for Daily Kos Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland, by Jonathan M. Metzl Trevor was dying. Liver disease and …
Jim B Capitalism vs. socialism: Why neither will workQuartz - Riane EislerFor some, this is a time of unprecedented prosperity and growth. Yet the gap between haves and have-nots is widening. Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet continue to control the same amount of wealth
Jim B To rescue democracy, we must revive the reforms of the Progressive EraThe Guardian - Ganesh SitaramanIn Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville offered a prescient warning for “the friends of democracy”. In a chapter called “How Aristocracy Could Issue from Industry” he observed that industrial capitalism
Jim B I've taught US government for 40 years. Thanks to Trump, I'm doubting the Founders' plan.USA TODAY - Ross K. BakerI now hesitate to defend the 'genius' of the Framers. I no longer have confidence in the checks and balances they said would keep us on track. The day after Labor Day, I will stand behind a lectern in
Jim B Supply-Side Economics Is Losing The Argument Inside The Trump White HouseForbes - John TamnyWhy do residents of Beverly Hills have such expensive cars? The question is rhetorical. Readers know why. While some will mindlessly contend that all the wealth is inherited, most understand that residents
