Breadth and Taxes
Taxation does not need to be the bitter salve taken with every spoonful of sugar—it is and always has been a way to provide for the general welfare.
Informative
Racism linked to cognitive decline in African American women
The article below discusses the issues that black women face that affect their cognitive abilities. Based on the studies cited in the article, conclusions could be drawn that racism actually causes dementia and other cognitive declines. Those that reported the most racism had the most cognitive declines. Â For African-American women, experiencing racism can contribute …
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King Leopold II of Belgium, Covered Up Genocide, and Monuments
When you think about the worst genocidal dictators in history what names come to mind? Most likely Hitler, Stalin, and Mao Zedong, to name a few. There is a man as evil as Hitler, but hardly anyone knows his name. That man is King Leopold II of Belgium and he was responsible for a hidden …
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David Walker’s Appeal
Introduction David Walker (1796?-1830), a free black man, parented by a slave father and a freedwoman, was born, and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina, although he left there as an adult to travel in various states. He did not leave out of boredom or simple restlessness, but because of disgust. If I remain in this …
Propaganda Weaponized
The mainstream media is a propaganda arm that puts out narratives beneficial to an owner class of our society. It doesn’t matter who the media represents. It could be the Democratic Party or the Republican Party interests determined by the owner class. Either way that you slice it, the news outlets are owned by powerful …
The Time for Medicare For All Is Now!
If you believe healthcare is a human right, one protected by our Constitution, as I do, then we must work together to support a single-payer, M4A system.
Help Save the USPS From Privatization
HR6407 is a purposefully horrible law and a gross miscarriage of justice that continues to this day. No other government agency at any level nor any federal contractor or private company has been mandated by law to fund retirement accounts 75 years into the future. The damage done to one of our national treasures by this law continue
Sanders Delegates Join Fight to Keep NY Presidential Primary
If New York succeeds in canceling the presidential primary, the hundreds of passionate, committed volunteers who worked with Simran and Kathryn to get Bernie Sanders on the New York ballot will likely feel that all their efforts were for nothing; they could not only become demoralized, but stop being involved in political activism.
The Economic Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
The Levy Institute presents policy prescriptions that not only address the crisis at hand but look into the future to deal with effects not yet seen.