Sarah Westall Published on Nov 20, 2017 Economist and Author Ellen Brown joins the program to discuss the shape of our economy. She explains how black money projects are making it impossible for the United States to balance it’s books and details how our economy could be healthy if that… Continue reading
Hunter-gatherer societies typically had low wealth disparities. Their mobility would make it hard to accumulate wealth. (stock image) Credit: © Rafal Cichawa / Fotolia Findings have profound implications for contemporary society November 15, 2017 (Washington State University) Researchers at Washington State University and 13 other institutions have found that the… Continue reading
CHICAGO, IL – DECEMBER 04: Quarterback Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers warms his hands in the third quarter against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on December 4, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) November 13, 2017 (SFChronicle.com) The conversation continues. In bars, at… Continue reading
By RICHARD SANDOMIR NOV. 10, 2017 (NYTimes.com) Photo The folk singer Katie Lee, a passionate defender of Glen Canyon in Northern Arizona, in an undated photo. CreditCline Library/Northern Arizona University Katie Lee, a free-spirited folk singer who found her mission as a performer and writer protesting the loss of Glen Canyon’s spectacular beauty… Continue reading
11/14/2017 – by BASIA POLKOWSKA (Occupy.com) Resistance to fascism had been an ideal, a goal to strive toward, since the closing days of the Second World War. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, authoritarianism became synonymous with tyranny. In the decade that followed, it seemed, the bad old days of totalitarian… Continue reading
November 16, 2017 by Common Dreams “Today will go down in history as the day when the FCC abdicated its responsibility to uphold the core values of localism, competition, and diversity in broadcasting.” by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has been widely criticized for moving forward with rollbacks… Continue reading
The new Bay Bridge rises as the old one is dismantled in San Francisco Bay on September 24, 2014. The $6.4 billion bridge will ultimately cost taxpayers more than $13 billion after paying off the debt to private financial institutions. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times) By Jonathan Tasini (LATimes.com)… Continue reading
posted by PUBLIC BANKING INST | 8gb November 14, 2017 Phil Murphy’s win in NJ has caught the attention of the banking industry. Banking financial services magazine American Banker contacted PBI the day after the election to ask us how we were seeing the success. The resulting article by Laura Alix provides a balanced and… Continue reading
On last Thursday night’s national call, we officially launched Movement for a People’s Party! The next step in our movement is to create a nationally viable progressive party. Recent events have made the urgency of our mission clearer than ever. We now know that the Democratic primary was thoroughly rigged against Bernie… Continue reading
